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

• Main Authors: Jorge Anibal Schlottke (Author), Aldo Alvarez-Risco (Author), Ezequiel Leandro Bertiche (Author), Rocío Belén López (Author), Carla Vanesa Torletti (Author), Facundo Yamil del Hoyo (Author), Shyla Del- (Author), Christian R. Mejia (Author), Mercedes Rojas-Osorio (Author), Neal M. Davies (Author), Jaime A. Yáñez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pensoft Publishers, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

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.

Item Description

10.3897/pharmacia.71.e113509
2603-557X