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
Distance1
440 km
46 km
260 km
310 km
136 km
1192 km
Travel time1
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 () allowance2
4400 SEK
4600 SEK
2600 SEK
3100 SEK
1360 SEK
16 060 SEK
Patient petrol expenses/journey3 ()
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 kg5
64 kg5
362 kg5
431 kg5
189 kg5
1658 kg5
588 kg6
61 kg6
347 kg6
414 kg6
182 kg6
1592 kg6
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.