Telemedicine in Low- and Middle-Income Countries During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 has impacted the capacity of healthcare systems worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), which are already under strain due to population growth and insufficient resources. Since the COVID-19 pandemic's emergence, there has been an urgent need for a rapid and adequate reaction to the pandemic's disruption of healthcare systems. To this end, telemedicine has been shown in prior research to be a feasible approach. The overarching objective of this scoping review was to determine the extent and acceptance of telemedicine in healthcare in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

This scoping review followed PRISMA guidelines and Arksey and O'Malley's five-stage framework to identify available e

SUBMITTER: Mahmoud K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9257012 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature