Table 1_Reported time savings and telephone consultation use in polish primary care: a national random sample survey.docx

Introduction<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.</p>Methods<p>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 = 1,004). 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 months.

The complete-case sample sizes were 789 in Models 1–4 and 736 in Models 5–6.</p>Results<p>Reported time savings were not significantly associated with use in Models 1–4. 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 h, 3.91 for 1–2 h, and 4.41 for 3 h or more (all p < 0.01).