Digital Health Reimbursement Strategies of 8 European Countries and Israel: Scoping Review and Policy Mapping.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The adoption of digital health care within health systems is determined by various factors, including pricing and reimbursement. The reimbursement landscape for digital health in Europe remains underresearched. Although various emergency reimbursement decisions were made during the COVID-19 pandemic to enable health care delivery through videoconferencing and asynchronous care (eg, digital apps), research so far has primarily focused on the policy innovations that facilitated this outside of Europe.

Objective

This study examines the digital health reimbursement strategies in 8 European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom) and Israel.

Methods

We mapped available digital health reimbursement stra

SUBMITTER: van Kessel R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10576236 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature