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Valuing Mobile Health: An Open-Ended Contingent Valuation Survey of a National Digital Health Program.

Camilla SomersEleanor GrieveMarilyn R LennonMatt-Mouley BouamraneFrances S MairEmma McIntosh
Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2019)
This study demonstrates that consumers value mHealth solutions that promote well-being, social connectivity, and health care control, but it is not universally embraced. For mHealth to achieve its potential, apps need to be tailored to user accessibility and health needs, and more understanding of what hinders frequent users of digital technologies and those with long-term conditions is required. This novel application of WTP in a digital health context demonstrates an economic argument for investing in upskilling the population to promote access and expedite uptake and utilization of such digital health and well-being apps.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • public health
  • mental health
  • health information
  • health promotion
  • cross sectional
  • white matter