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Telemedicine for health issues while abroad: interest and willingness to pay among travellers prior to departure

Author(s) -

Laurence Rochat,

Blaise Genton

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.1093/jtm/tay028

Subject(s) - telemedicine , medicine , service (business) , willingness to pay , demographics , phone , family medicine , medical emergency , health care , marketing , business , demography , linguistics , philosophy , sociology , economics , microeconomics , economic growth

Telemedicine is emerging as a useful tool to provide expert medical advice to individuals facing health issues while travelling in remote areas. Before embarking on the development of a telemedicine system, we conducted a survey to assess the needs and expectations of travellers for such a service, and evaluate opinions about the importance of various travel criteria that may determine the contract of such insurance.

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