Online medical consultation in China: Demand-side analysis of obese patients' preferences and willingness-to-pay for online obesity consultations.
Yaolin HuJian WangYuanyuan GuStephen NicolasElizabeth MaitlandJianbo ZhouPublished in: Digital health (2024)
To maximize health resources, provincial tertiary and municipal hospitals face different paths to developing obesity OMC platforms. We encouraged young doctors to use OMC. OMC regulators should implement consumer protection policies to optimize OMC pricing and address potential 'unfair' pricing.
Keyphrases
- health information
- obese patients
- weight loss
- bariatric surgery
- healthcare
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- public health
- social media
- roux en y gastric bypass
- type diabetes
- gastric bypass
- high fat diet induced
- weight gain
- palliative care
- human health
- health insurance
- transcription factor
- skeletal muscle
- body mass index
- primary care
- adipose tissue
- middle aged
- risk assessment
- general practice