Medical teleconsultation from the patient’s perspective. A demographic segmentation

Medical teleconsultation is a tool that is here to stay among the services offered by health systems. Therefore, it is important to understand the process of adopting this technology. However, most studies have endorsed the point of view of health professionals. Our research adopts the patient’s poi...

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Autores: Arenas Gaitán, Jorge, Ramírez Correa, Patricio E., Ledesma Chaves, Pablo, Callarisa Fiol, Luis J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/172325
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/172325
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-024-01753-4
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Telemedicine
Teleconsultation
Demographic segmentation
Technology acceptation
Pathmox
Descripción
Sumario:Medical teleconsultation is a tool that is here to stay among the services offered by health systems. Therefore, it is important to understand the process of adopting this technology. However, most studies have endorsed the point of view of health professionals. Our research adopts the patient’s point of view with a sample of 1500 patients who have used teleconsultation in Spain between May and November 2022, therefore, in a post-COVID-19 scenario. We started from a technology accept- ance model, UTAUT, and applied a novel segmentation technique: Pathmox. As a result, we have obtained six segments of patients using teleconsultation with differentiated technology acceptance processes, and we also propose strategies adapted to each of them.