Business as usual during the COVID‐19 pandemic? Reflections on state‐wide trends in maternity telehealth consultations during lockdown in Victoria and New South Wales
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Penelope M. Sheehan; Susan P. Walker; Ben W.J. Mol; Joanne M Said; Lisa Hui; Melvin Barrientos Marzan; Daniel L. Rolnik; Kirsten R Palmer; Stephanie Potenza; Clare Whitehead
- Source
- The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Telemedicine
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Victoria
Short Communication
Pregnancy care
Short Communications
Telehealth
Health outcomes
Business as usual
antenatal
Maternity care
COVID‐19
Pregnancy
Pandemic
Medicine
Humans
Maternal Health Services
Pandemics
Referral and Consultation
obstetrics
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
Obstetrics and Gynecology
COVID-19
General Medicine
maternity
Family medicine
Communicable Disease Control
Female
New South Wales
business
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1479-828X
0004-8666
COVID‐19 has resulted in unprecedented changes to maternity care across Australia. This study aims to analyse trends in maternity consultations and the uptake of telehealth in Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) since the first restrictions to reduce COVID‐19 transmission were implemented. From March 2020 to April 2021, a higher proportion of antenatal care consultations was delivered via telehealth in Victoria compared to NSW (13.8% vs 7.4%, P