Willingness to pay for a telemedicine-delivered healthy lifestyle programme
| Autor: | John A. Batsis, Richard I. Rothstein, Kevin Curtis, Auden C. McClure, David Kotz, Vanessa K Rauch, Aaron B. Weintraub, Meredith N. Roderka |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Telemedicine
020205 medical informatics business.industry Cost-Benefit Analysis Psychological intervention Health Informatics 02 engineering and technology Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Willingness to pay Nursing Multidisciplinary approach Weight loss Weight Loss Videoconferencing 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Humans Medicine Healthy Lifestyle 030212 general & internal medicine medicine.symptom business mHealth |
| Zdroj: | J Telemed Telecare |
| ISSN: | 1758-1109 1357-633X |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1357633x20943337 |
| Popis: | Introduction Effective weight-management interventions require frequent interactions with specialised multidisciplinary teams of medical, nutritional and behavioural experts to enact behavioural change. However, barriers that exist in rural areas, such as transportation and a lack of specialised services, can prevent patients from receiving quality care. Methods We recruited patients from the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Weight & Wellness Center into a single-arm, non-randomised study of a remotely delivered 16-week evidence-based healthy lifestyle programme. Every 4 weeks, participants completed surveys that included their willingness to pay for services like those experienced in the intervention. A two-item Willingness-to-Pay survey was administered to participants asking about their willingness to trade their face-to-face visits for videoconference visits based on commute and copay. Results Overall, those with a travel duration of 31–45 min had a greater willingness to trade in-person visits for telehealth than any other group. Participants who had a travel duration less than 15 min, 16–30 min and 46–60 min experienced a positive trend in willingness to have telehealth visits until Week 8, where there was a general negative trend in willingness to trade in-person visits for virtual. Participants believed that telemedicine was useful and helpful. Conclusions In rural areas where patients travel 30–45 min a telemedicine-delivered, intensive weight-loss intervention may be a well-received and cost-effective way for both patients and the clinical care team to connect. |
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