Utilization of telehealth to manage the Covid-19 pandemic in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Recently, the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has led to an increase in the use of telehealth technology. It seems that the application of this technology in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has been limited, and few studies have been undertaken to review the current state of knowledge in this area. The aim of the present study was to explore the utilization of telehealth to manage the Covid-19 pandemic in LMICs.

Materials and methods

This scoping review was conducted in 2022. PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, the Cochrane Library, IEEE Xplore, and ProQuest were searched, and all quantitative research, qualitative studies, case reports, and case studies related to the use of telehealth to manage Covid-19 in LMICs and published since 2020 were inc

SUBMITTER: Eslami Jahromi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10018263 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature