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dc.titleResearch Insights: Did Demand for Telemedicine Grow During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
dc.contributor.authorBusso, Matías
dc.contributor.authorGonzález, María P.
dc.contributor.authorScartascini, Carlos
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageArgentina
dc.date.available2022-06-24T00:06:00
dc.date.issue2022-06-24T00:06:00
dc.description.abstractWe exploit mobility restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic to show the existence of a larger potential demand for telemedicine services in a middle-income developing country. We find an increase in the number of calls by 230 percent during the pandemic. The effects were mostly driven by older individuals with pre-existing conditions who used the service for internal medicine consultations. After the mobility restrictions were lifted, the demand for telemedicine services remained high.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004319
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Research-Insights-Did-Demand-for-Telemedicine-Grow-During-the-COVID-19-Pandemic.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Perspectivas-de-investigacion-Crecio-la-demanda-de-telemedicina-durante-la-pandemia-de-la-COVID-19.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectTelemedicine
dc.subjectPandemics
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectDelivery of Health Care
dc.subjectHealth Services
dc.subjectSocial Distancing
dc.subject.jelcodeI11 - Analysis of Health Care Markets
dc.subject.jelcodeI15 - Health and Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeP36 - Consumer Economics • Health • Education and Training • Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
dc.subject.keywordsHealth care demand;COVID-9
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-00665
idb.operationBK-C1102
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