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Equity in Telemedicine for Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Overview
Journal Int Health
Publisher Oxford University Press
Specialty Health Services
Date 2021 Sep 23
PMID 34555846
Citations 5
Authors
Weihong Kuang
Guojun Zeng
Yunbo Nie
Yan Cai
Jin Li
Yang Wan
Peiyuan Qiu
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Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spurred an unprecedented paradigm shift to telemedicine across healthcare fields in order to limit exposure to the virus. At the West China Hospital of Sichuan University, telemedicine has been used to perform COVID-19-related tele-education to health professionals and the general population, as well as tele-diagnosis, online treatment and internet-based drug prescription and delivery. However, many older adults could not make appointments with doctors due to difficulty using the internet-based platform. Careful attention needs to be paid by future researchers and policymakers in order to mitigate barriers older adults face when using telemedicine.

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