On the demand for telemedicine: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Argentina
COVID-19
coronavirus
health care demand
telemedicine
Journal
Health economics
ISSN: 1099-1050
Titre abrégé: Health Econ
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9306780
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2022
07 2022
Historique:
revised:
07
03
2022
received:
25
01
2021
accepted:
05
04
2022
pubmed:
10
5
2022
medline:
11
6
2022
entrez:
9
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Telemedicine can expand access to health care at relatively low cost. Historically, however, demand for telemedicine has remained low. Using administrative records and a difference-in-differences methodology, we estimate the change in demand for telemedicine experienced after the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic and the imposition of mobility restrictions. We find that the number of telemedicine calls made during the pandemic increased by 230 percent compared to the pre-pandemic period. The effects were mostly driven by older individuals with preexisting conditions who used the service for internal medicine consultations. The demand for telemedicine remained relatively high even after mobility restrictions were relaxed, which is consistent with telemedicine being an "experience good." These results are a proof of concept for policy makers to use such relatively low-cost medical consultations, made possible by new technologies, to provide needed expansion of access to health care.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35527351
doi: 10.1002/hec.4523
pmc: PMC9324159
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1491-1505Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Health Economics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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