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