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. 2020 Oct 1;180(10):1389-1391.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.2671.

Assessing Telemedicine Unreadiness Among Older Adults in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kenneth Lam  1 , Amy D Lu  1 , Ying Shi  1 , Kenneth E Covinsky  1
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Assessing Telemedicine Unreadiness Among Older Adults in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kenneth Lam et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study uses 2018 data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study to assess the prevalence among older adults in the United States of unreadiness to access video or telephone telemedicine because of disability or inexperience with technology.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Covinsky reported receiving grants from the National Institute on Aging during the conduct of the study. No other disclosures were reported.

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