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Public Health"],"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Introduction<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Teleconsultations may reduce travel and time burdens in post-pandemic primary care, but evidence on whether reported time savings are associated with their usage remains limited in Central Europe.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A cross-sectional computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) survey using a random sampling design was conducted among adults in Poland from November 2025 to January 2026 (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f1,004). Logistic regression models examined telephone consultation use among 798 respondents who either had contacted primary care or needed to do so in the previous 12\u202fmonths. The complete-case sample sizes were 789 in Models 1\u20134 and 736 in Models 5\u20136.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Reported time savings were not significantly associated with use in Models 1\u20134. In Model 5, which simultaneously included residence-size controls and voivodeship (NUTS 2 region) indicators and used the smaller complete-case sample, the adjusted odds ratios were as follows: 3.03 for less than 1\u202fh, 3.91 for 1\u20132\u202fh, and 4.41 for 3\u202fh or more (all\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.01). The predicted probabilities ranged from 26.3% for no savings to 53.6% for 3\u202fh or more. Households with average or poor financial situations were associated with lower odds of teleconsultation use compared to those in a very good financial situation.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In fully adjusted models including place-of-residence controls and voivodeship fixed effects, perceived time savings were independently associated with higher odds of teleconsultation use in primary care in Poland. However, this association varied depending on model specifications. 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