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Analyze the Effectiveness of Telemedicine in Providing Healthcare Services in the United States
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Abstract
The United States (US) government spending on the healthcare system is one of the highest in the world. However, the US healthcare outcome compared to other OECD countries is below average. This is caused by the number of patients visiting healthcare services remain low compared to the OECD countries due to the following reasons: affordability, allocation of healthcare services, and accessibility. The lack of universal coverage in the US healthcare system poses a challenge of affordability to patients. This led to a high out-of-pocket spending on healthcare services and patients will choose to skip or delay the treatment. Allocation of healthcare services such as the lack of patients and the hospital beds caused a high waiting time and caused patients unwillingly to access to healthcare services. The long-distance travel in the rural area led to low accessibility to healthcare services. Telemedicine is a method that allows the delivery of healthcare services remotely using technology that can solve the US healthcare problems. The adoption of telemedicine in the US healthcare system has experienced a substantial increase during the period of Covid. The analysis on the effectiveness of using telemedicine to provide healthcare services in the US healthcare system will be conducted based on factors related to the existing challenges.
Keywords
Telemedicine, healthcare system, accessibility, affordability, efficiency
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Business and Policy Studies
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-379-1
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-380-7
- Published Date
- 18 April 2024
- Series
- Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences
- ISSN (Print)
- 2754-1169
- ISSN (Online)
- 2754-1177
- DOI
- 10.54254/2754-1169/78/20241660
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- 18 April 2024
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