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The eHealth usage during COVID-19 pandemic 2020 year–Case of Poland
According to the DESI 2022 digital economy and society ranking, Poland still ranks in one of the last position. Although, in digitising healthcare Poland has made significant progress over the last five years, some inequities in the usage of eHealth have been recognised. This has become an especiall...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10473534/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37656678 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290502 |
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author | Jankowiak, Maciej Rój, Justyna |
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description | According to the DESI 2022 digital economy and society ranking, Poland still ranks in one of the last position. Although, in digitising healthcare Poland has made significant progress over the last five years, some inequities in the usage of eHealth have been recognised. This has become an especially important topic after the COVID-19 pandemic. Suddenly, eHealth innovations were much needed to maintain the accessibility of healthcare. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore determinants of eHealth usage by Poles and identify existing potential barriers. Data was collected from the databases of Statistic Poland and statistical methods were employed in this research. The results showed that five variables such as Internet access, Internet use, Internet skills and average monthly disposable income per capita in PLN, along with the number of practicing physicians per capita were important determinants explaining eHealth usage by the analysed Poles between the age of 16–74. The findings showed to increase the usage of eHealth, health policy makers should ensure that Poles acquire and improve Internet skills. Based on results of the research an extended model of eHealth development in Poland, consisting of a central governmental institution and local facilities coordinating remote electronic services, collecting statistical data and providing educational campaigns, was proposed as well. |
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spelling | pubmed-104735342023-09-02 The eHealth usage during COVID-19 pandemic 2020 year–Case of Poland Jankowiak, Maciej Rój, Justyna PLoS One Research Article According to the DESI 2022 digital economy and society ranking, Poland still ranks in one of the last position. Although, in digitising healthcare Poland has made significant progress over the last five years, some inequities in the usage of eHealth have been recognised. This has become an especially important topic after the COVID-19 pandemic. Suddenly, eHealth innovations were much needed to maintain the accessibility of healthcare. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore determinants of eHealth usage by Poles and identify existing potential barriers. Data was collected from the databases of Statistic Poland and statistical methods were employed in this research. The results showed that five variables such as Internet access, Internet use, Internet skills and average monthly disposable income per capita in PLN, along with the number of practicing physicians per capita were important determinants explaining eHealth usage by the analysed Poles between the age of 16–74. The findings showed to increase the usage of eHealth, health policy makers should ensure that Poles acquire and improve Internet skills. Based on results of the research an extended model of eHealth development in Poland, consisting of a central governmental institution and local facilities coordinating remote electronic services, collecting statistical data and providing educational campaigns, was proposed as well. Public Library of Science 2023-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10473534/ /pubmed/37656678 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290502 Text en © 2023 Jankowiak, Rój https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Jankowiak, Maciej Rój, Justyna The eHealth usage during COVID-19 pandemic 2020 year–Case of Poland |
title | The eHealth usage during COVID-19 pandemic 2020 year–Case of Poland |
title_full | The eHealth usage during COVID-19 pandemic 2020 year–Case of Poland |
title_fullStr | The eHealth usage during COVID-19 pandemic 2020 year–Case of Poland |
title_full_unstemmed | The eHealth usage during COVID-19 pandemic 2020 year–Case of Poland |
title_short | The eHealth usage during COVID-19 pandemic 2020 year–Case of Poland |
title_sort | ehealth usage during covid-19 pandemic 2020 year–case of poland |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10473534/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37656678 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290502 |
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