There was increasing trend seen in calls from new patients (19.02%; week 1 to 27.02%; week 4) and a decreasing trend seen in calls from lower socio-economic strata patients (18.50%; week 1 to 14.47%; week 4).
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Tele-consultations and electronic medical records driven remote patient care: Responding to the COVID-19 lockdown in India.
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We have also found an increasing trend of new patients calling us as the lockdown progressed and a small decline in calls from lower socio-economic strata patients, which probably can be explained by the decrease in the surgical procedures performed in this group due to the lockdown.