التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Changes in Demand Volume and Patient/Health Care Provider Characteristics of First-Time Telehealth Users: A Comparative Analysis Before and After the COVID-19 Policy Response Using the Administrative Claims Database. |
| المؤلفون: |
Ishikawa, Tomoki, Sato, Jumpei, Hattori, Junko, Goda, Kazuo, Kitsuregawa, Masaru, Mitsutake, Naohiro |
| المصدر: |
Telemedicine & e-Health; Feb2024, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p509-517, 9p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
COVID-19 pandemic, DATABASES, TELEMEDICINE, TIME series analysis, COMPARATIVE studies |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
JAPAN |
| مستخلص: |
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a decrease in demand for medical services in Japan, but the utilization of telehealth, which the Japanese government has recently promoted, has seen a temporary increase. This study aims to analyze the trend of telehealth utilization and changes in patient characteristics following the policy response to COVID-19. Methods: This retrospective study analyzed data from 26,152 adult patients who used telehealth for the first time between April 2019 and April 2021 in Mie Prefecture, Japan. An interrupted time series analysis was conducted to evaluate changes in the number of first-time patients before and after April 2020. Results: The number of telehealth users increased by 111.87% after April 2020, but the trend showed a declining slope thereafter. Patient characteristics and disease types showed different trends. The percentage of patients choosing a hospital over a clinic increased for the first time. Conclusions: After the policy response to COVID-19, the number of first-time telehealth users overall increased immediately, but gradually showed a declining trend. However, some diseases have shown both an immediate increase and a continued upward trend in telehealth utilization. Patients with these diseases may be candidates for adopting telehealth services in clinical settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
