Analyzing the Demographics of Virtual Care Users

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019 Aug 21:264:1710-1711. doi: 10.3233/SHTI190609.

Abstract

Using telemedicine to provide care is an attractive alternative for patients. However, few studies have examined the demographics of the patients using virtual care. In this paper, we investigate the demographic features of the Virtual Care (VC) users; Age, gender, roles, and preferred methods of communication are studied.

Keywords: Demographic features; Patients; Telemedicine.

MeSH terms

  • Communication*
  • Demography
  • Humans
  • Telemedicine*
  • User-Computer Interface