Patients’ Experiences with Specialist Care via Video Consultation in Primary Healthcare in Rural Areas

Table 1

Overview of savings in time, costs, and environmental impact calculated in 10 VC.

Healthcare centre	A	B	C	D	E	Total
Distance^1	440 km	46 km	260 km	310 km	136 km	1192 km
Travel time^1	5 h 30 min	45 min	3 h 30 min	4 h 30 min	2 h	14 h 15 min
Number of visits	10	10	10	10	10	10
Number off km ()	4400 km	460 km	2600 km	3100 km	1360 km	11920 km
Saved journey () time	55 h	7 h 30 min	35 h	45 h	20 h	162 h 30 min
Travel () allowance^2	4400 SEK	4600 SEK	2600 SEK	3100 SEK	1360 SEK	16 060 SEK
Patient petrol expenses/journey^3 ()	792 SEK (7920 SEK)	83 SEK (828 SEK)	468 SEK (4680 SEK)	558 SEK (5580 SEK)	245 SEK (2448 SEK)	2 146 SEK; (21 456 SEK)
Carbon dioxide kg ( journeys)	612 kg^5	64 kg^5	362 kg^5	431 kg^5	189 kg^5	1658 kg^5
	588 kg^6	61 kg^6	347 kg^6	414 kg^6	182 kg^6	1592 kg^6

Back and forth.
²County Council provides compensation of 10 SEK/10 km if traveling by own car.
³Calculated on patient expenses 18 SEK/10 km (the County Council give 10 SEK in travel allowance).
⁴Gasoline.
⁵Diesel.