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
- bariatric surgery
- weight loss
- healthcare
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- public health
- social media
- roux en y gastric bypass
- high fat diet induced
- type diabetes
- gastric bypass
- weight gain
- wastewater treatment
- palliative care
- mental health
- transcription factor
- skeletal muscle
- health insurance
- adipose tissue
- primary care
- general practice
- medical students
- risk assessment
- decision making
- sewage sludge
- climate change