Acceptance factors of telemedicine in times of COVID-19: Case Argentina

Jorge Anibal Schlottke; Aldo Alvarez-Risco; Ezequiel Leandro Bertiche; Rocío Belén López; Carla Vanesa Torletti; Facundo Yamil del Hoyo; Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales; Christian R. Mejia; Mercedes Rojas-Osorio; Neal M. Davies; Jaime A. Yáñez

doi:10.3897/PHARMACIA.71.E113509

Acceptance factors of telemedicine in times of COVID-19: Case Argentina

Jorge Anibal Schlottke, Aldo Alvarez-Risco, Ezequiel Leandro Bertiche, Rocío Belén López, Carla Vanesa Torletti, Facundo Yamil del Hoyo, Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales, Christian R. Mejia, Mercedes Rojas-Osorio, Neal M. Davies, Jaime A. Yáñez

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Abstract

We performed an analytical, cross-sectional study of 285 consumers to assess the influence of social influence, resistance to use, facilitators to use, perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness of telemedicine on the intention to use telemedicine of citizens of Argentina in times of the pandemic by COVID-19. The proposed research model was analyzed using partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Perceived ease of use had a positive effect (0.624) on perceived usefulness; facilitating conditions had a positive effect (0.476) on usage intention; perceived risk (-0.062) and social influence (0.072) did not have an effect on usage intention. Bootstrapping showed that the beta coefficients were statistically significant. The outcomes may provide ideas to healthcare managers to know what an expectation about telemedicine is and develop new services directed to patients.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Pharmacia
Volume	71
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3897/PHARMACIA.71.E113509
State	Indexed - 2024

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Keywords

Argentina
COVID-19
facilitators to use
pandemic
perceived to use
perceived usefulness
resistance to use
social influence
telehealth
telemedicine

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