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The rise of telemedicine in primary care: understanding patients’ and healthcare workers’ perspectives on acceptability of the COVID-19 remote care model

Matic Mihevc
1, 2, 3
,
Diana Podgoršek
2
,
Jakob Gajšek
4
,
Samanta Mikulet
5
,
Vesna Homar
2
,
Marko Kolšek
2
,
Marija Petek Šter
2

  1. Health Centre Ljubljana, Primary Healthcare Research and Development Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  2. Department of Family Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Medical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  3. Primary Health Centre Trebnje, Trebnje, Slovenia
  4. Primary Health Centre Vrhnika, Vrhnika, Slovenia
  5. Primary Health Centre Postojna, Postojna, Slovenia
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2023; 25(3): 297–301
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2023.130091
Online publish date: 2023/09/30
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