Determining patients' willingness to pay for telemedicine services and associated factors amidst fear of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Ghana

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19191

. 2023 Aug 18;9(8):e19191.

doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19191. eCollection 2023 Aug.

Determining patients' willingness to pay for telemedicine services and associated factors amidst fear of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Ghana

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¹ Department of Health Information Management, College of Health and Allied Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
² Health Information Management Department, Akuse Government Hospital, Akuse, Eastern Region, Ghana.
³ Health Information Management Department, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana.
⁴ Health Information Management Department, Abura Dunkwa District Hospital, Abura Dunkwa, Ghana.
⁵ Health Information Management Department, Wenchi Health Centre, Wenchi, Ghana.
⁶ Health Information Management Department, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.

PMID: 37649839
PMCID: PMC10462837
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19191

Determining patients' willingness to pay for telemedicine services and associated factors amidst fear of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Ghana

Godwin Adzakpah et al. Heliyon. 2023.

. 2023 Aug 18;9(8):e19191.

doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19191. eCollection 2023 Aug.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Information Management, College of Health and Allied Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
² Health Information Management Department, Akuse Government Hospital, Akuse, Eastern Region, Ghana.
³ Health Information Management Department, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana.
⁴ Health Information Management Department, Abura Dunkwa District Hospital, Abura Dunkwa, Ghana.
⁵ Health Information Management Department, Wenchi Health Centre, Wenchi, Ghana.
⁶ Health Information Management Department, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.

PMID: 37649839
PMCID: PMC10462837
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19191

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The authors declare no competing interests.The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Percentage distribution of willingness to use telemedicine for consultations across diﬀerent specialties.

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Determining patients' willingness to pay for telemedicine services and associated factors amidst fear of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Ghana

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