Snoswell Centaine L, Caffery Liam J, Haydon Helen M, Thomas Emma E, Smith Anthony C
Centre for Online Health, The University of Queensland, Ground floor, Building 33, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Cornwall Street, Woolloongabba, Qld 4102, Australia. Email:
Aust Health Rev. 2020 Sep;44(5):737-740. doi: 10.1071/AH20183.
In March 2020, the Australian Government added new temporary telehealth services to the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) to reduce the risk of patient-patient and patient-clinician transmission of the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19). Here, the MBS statistics for general practitioner activity and the associated costs are described; a small increase in both activity and costs for the new MBS telehealth items were observed. The opportunities for future research and policy implications are also discussed.
2020年3月，澳大利亚政府在医疗保险福利计划（MBS）中新增了临时远程医疗服务，以降低2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）在患者之间以及患者与临床医生之间传播的风险。本文描述了医疗保险福利计划中全科医生活动的统计数据及相关成本；观察到新的医疗保险福利计划远程医疗项目的活动和成本均略有增加。还讨论了未来研究的机会和政策影响。
