The Effects of Adopting Mobile Health and Fitness Apps on Hospital Visits: Quasi-Experimental Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Overcrowding in public hospitals, a common issue in many countries, leads to a range of negative outcomes, such as insufficient access to medical services and patient dissatisfaction. Prior literature regarding solutions to reducing hospital overcrowding primarily focuses on organizational-level operational efficiency. However, few studies have investigated the strategies from the individual patient perspective. Specifically, we considered using mobile health and fitness apps to promote users' health behaviors and produce health benefits, thereby reducing hospital visits.

Objective

This study estimated the causal effect of health and fitness app adoption on hospital visits by exploiting the staggered timing of adoption. We also investigated how the effect varied w

SUBMITTER: Bo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10422177 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature