Intramural Health Care Through Video Consultations and the Need for Referrals and Hospital Admissions: Retrospective Quantitative Subanalysis of an Evaluation Study

Katharina Schmalstieg-Bahr   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Miriam Giovanna Colombo   ³ , MPH ;   Roland Koch   ³ , MD ;   Joachim Szecsenyi   ⁴ , MD ;   Friedrich Völker   ² ;   Eva Elisabeth Blozik   ^{2, 5} , MD ;   Martin Scherer   ^{1, 2} , MD

¹ Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University Medical Center Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

² A+ Videoclinic GmbH, Gräfelfing, Germany

³ Institute for General Practice and Interprofessional Care, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

⁴ Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

⁵ Institute of Primary Care, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland