Danish medical journal
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Danish medical journal · Jun 2020
Telephone consultation as a substitute for face-to-face consultation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The health authorities have recommended that face-to-face consultations be substituted by telephone consultations to reduce the risk of virus transmission in out-patient clinics during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The aim of the present study was to assess the frequency of such telephone consultations and families' evaluations of them in a paediatric outpatient clinic during the initial weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. ⋯ none.