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Table 2 Distribution of consultations

From: Redesigning telemedicine: preliminary findings from an innovative assisted telemedicine healthcare model

 

Urban*

Rural#

Total

All consultations

N = 14,813

N = 12,185

N = 26,998

General Consultations

10,515 (70.9%)

10,650 (87.4%)

21,165 (78.4%)

Specialist Consultations

4298 (29.1%)

1535 (12.6%)

5833 (21.6%)

Distribution of specialist consultations

 

N = 4298

N = 1535

N = 5833

General Medicine

3407 (58.4%)

994 (17.0%)

4401 (75.5%)

Dermatology

318 (5.5%)

166 (2.8%)

484 (8.3%)

Pain medicine

112 (1.9%)

40 (0.7%)

152 (2.6%)

Ophthalmology

107 (1.8%)

229 (3.9%)

336 (5.8%)

Paediatric

88 (1.5%)

1 (0.0%)

89 (1.5%)

Orthopaedics

181 (3.1%)

94 (1.6%)

275 (4.7%)

Gynaecology

74 (1.3%)

03 (0.1%)

77 (1.3%)

General surgery

08 (01%)

08 (0.1%)

16 (0.3%)

Dental

03 (01%)

00 (0.0%)

03 (0.1%)

  1. *The urban sites are the clinics at Kodambakkam and Nanganalloor
  2. # The rural site is the clinic at Pasuvanthanai