The Willingness to Pay for Telemedicine Among Patients With Chronic Diseases: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telemedicine is increasingly being leveraged, as the need for remote access to health care has been driven by the rising chronic disease incidence and the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also important to understand patients' willingness to pay (WTP) for telemedicine and the factors contributing toward it, as this knowledge may inform health policy planning processes, such as resource allocation or the development of a pricing strategy for telemedicine services. Currently, most of the published literature is focused on cost-effectiveness analysis findings, which guide health care financing from the health system's perspective. However, there is limited exploration of the WTP from a patient's perspective, despite it being pertinent to the sustainability of telemedicine intervent

SUBMITTER: Chua V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9047785 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature