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19 - How Can We Optimise Healthcare Delivery in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic?

The Rise of Digital Health Solutions in England

from Part II - Health Behaviours and Policies during Covid-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2025

By
Georgina Connolly  and
Divya Srivastava
Edited by
Joan Costa-Font  and
Matteo M. Galizzi
Joan Costa-Font
Affiliation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
Matteo M. Galizzi
Affiliation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
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Summary

This chapter examines the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of digital health care. That is, we study the effect of the pandemic shock and subsequent COVID-19 policies on the rise of digital health solutions and technologies with a focus on healthcare settings. Second, we examine how behavioural economics theories critically evaluate the uptake and understand key changes in delivery and healthcare utilisation. Third, we develop behaviourally feasible policy proposals that could contribute to increased uptake of digital health solutions and technologies within the National Health Service, for providers and patients going forward.

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digital health caredigital divide
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Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics
Insights from Responses to COVID-19
 , pp. 348 - 368
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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