Increased Australian outpatient private practice psychiatric care during the COVID-19 pandemic: usage of new MBS-telehealth item and face-to-face psychiatrist office-based services in Quarter 3, 2020.

Jeffrey C L Looi Stephen AllisonTarun BastiampillaiWilliam PringRebecca E Reay Meshary Khaled N Alotiby

Published in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2021)

Private psychiatrists continued using the new COVID-19 MBS telehealth items for Quarter 3, 2020 to increase the number of patient care contacts in the context of decreased face-to-face consultations compared to 2019, but increased face-to-face consultations compared to Quarter 2, 2020.

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healthcare
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mental health
coronavirus disease
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quality improvement
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