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Before being analysed, all noted DTPs were divided into 5 main groups (administration, telephone and e-mail consultations, check-ups, face-to-face consultations, preventive work, and other DTPs).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In 2021 the number of check-ups and face-to-face consultations dropped by 36.20%, whereas the total number of telephone and e-mail consultations, patients per day, and DTPs done per day increased by 120.12%, 6.67%, and 13.76%, respectively. The amount of administrative work rose only in 2022 by 17.58% along with other procedures which significantly impacted the share of medical work: 42.84% in 2019, 49.58% in 2021, and 46.79% in 2022. Around two-thirds of FMPs made home visits (3 to 4 visits monthly) and performed electrocardiography (6 to 7 tests monthly) independently of the analysed year.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Analysing 39% of FMPs in Zagreb we found a significant workload change during the COVID pandemic, especially in the excessive increase of telephone and e-mail consultations. The already small number of examinations, diagnostic, preventive procedures, and home visits, further decreased with the arrival of the pandemic and did not significantly recover in 2022, as was expected.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/fampra\/cmad077","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,27]],"date-time":"2023-07-27T19:56:03Z","timestamp":1690487763000},"page":"531-537","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Changes in family practice work management in Zagreb due to the COVID-19 pandemic"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"40","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3189-1518","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Juraj","family":"Jug","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Family Medicine Department, Health Centre Zagreb\u2014West , Zagreb , Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0728-9727","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kristian","family":"Hodak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Andrija Stampar Teaching Institute of Public Health, School and Adolescent Medicine Service , Zagreb , Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,27]]},"reference":[{"issue":"18","key":"2023112400345863700_CIT0001","first-page":"1929","article-title":"Zakon o zdravstvenoj za\u0161titi","volume":"100","author":"Republika Hrvatska","year":"2018","journal-title":"Narodne Novine"},{"key":"2023112400345863700_CIT0002","author":"DTP postupci u PZZ. 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