The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future of Telemedicine

The use of telemedicine was quite limited in most OECD countries before the COVID-19 pandemic, held back by regulatory barriers and hesitancy from patients and providers. In early 2020, as COVID-19 massively disrupted in-person care, governments moved quickly to promote the use of telemedicine. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2023
Series:OECD Health Policy Studies
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Country participation in data collection
  • Use of telemedicine has boomed during the COVID‑19 pandemic
  • Policy priorities for promoting the best use of telemedicine
  • Supplementary results from the OECD Survey on Telemedicine and COVID‑19, 2021‑22
  • Overview tables of the literature review
  • Foreword
  • The regulation and financing of telemedicine in the OECD, before and during COVID‑19
  • Executive summary
  • The impact of telemedicine on health care system performance
  • Systematic review of the literature