TY - JOUR
T1 - Older people, the digital divide and use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic
AU - Dykgraaf, Sally Hall
AU - Desborough, Jane
AU - Sturgiss, Elizabeth
AU - Parkinson, Anne
AU - Dut, Garang M.
AU - Kidd, Michael
N1 - Funding Information:
Sally Hall Dykgraaf RN, Grad Cert ClinMan, PhD, Action Research Fellow, COVID-19 Primary Care Response Group (seconded), Primary Care Division, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT; Research Manager, Rural Clinical School, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT Jane Desborough RN, RM, MPH, PhD, Action Research Fellow, COVID-19 Primary Care Response Group (seconded), Primary Care Division, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT; Senior Research Fellow, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT Elizabeth Sturgiss FRACGP, PhD, BMed, MPH, MForensMed, FHEA, Action Research Fellow, COVID-19 Primary Care Response Group (seconded), Primary Care Division, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT; Senior Research Fellow, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University, Frankston, Vic Anne Parkinson BA, PhD, AFHEA, Action Research Fellow, COVID-19 Primary Care Response Group (seconded), Primary Care Division, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT; Postdoctoral Fellow, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT Garang M Dut MD, MPH, MBA, Action Research Fellow, COVID-19 Primary Care Response Group (seconded), Primary Care Division, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT; Fellow in Health Systems, College of Health & Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT Michael Kidd AM MD, FAHMS, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT; Professor of Primary Care Reform, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT Competing interests: None. Funding: This work received in kind support from the Australian Government Department of Health, and the Australian National University where the authors are employed. Provenance and peer review: Not commissioned, externally peer reviewed. Correspondence to: [email protected]
Publisher Copyright:
© The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners 2022
PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - Background Telehealth and other digital modes of care have been widely introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and have enabled access to healthcare while reducing community transmission and keeping patients and practitioners safe. However, the benefits of telehealth are not evenly distributed, and may perpetuate some forms of disadvantage.
AB - Background Telehealth and other digital modes of care have been widely introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and have enabled access to healthcare while reducing community transmission and keeping patients and practitioners safe. However, the benefits of telehealth are not evenly distributed, and may perpetuate some forms of disadvantage.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85137047092
U2 - 10.31128/AJGP-03-22-6358
DO - 10.31128/AJGP-03-22-6358
M3 - Article
C2 - 36045630
AN - SCOPUS:85137047092
SN - 2208-794X
VL - 51
SP - 721
EP - 724
JO - Australian Journal of General Practice
JF - Australian Journal of General Practice
IS - 9
ER -