The construction and operational models of internet hospitals in China: a hospital-based survey study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

China has empowered and continues to empower internet hospitals, which saw an increase in their development due to the pandemic, to fight against COVID-19. The construction and operational models of internet hospitals can be categorized as self-constructed and self-managed models, self-constructed and enterprise-run models, hospital and enterprise joint-owned models, and hosted by a third-party platform. Despite the growing importance of internet hospitals, there have been few systematic summaries of their construction and operational models. The primary purpose of the study was to understand the construction and operational models of internet hospitals in China.

Methods

Data was collected from 39 internet hospitals and 356 medical staff between September 2020 and

SUBMITTER: Chen X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10283228 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature