2024 / Artigos Científicos

Plataforma de Inteligência Cooperativa com a Atenção Primária à Saúde (Picaps): soluções tecnocientíficas em saúde digital no enfrentamento da COVID-19 e outras crises

Resumo A chegada da COVID-19 ao Brasil gerou grande impacto no sistema de saúde, bem como em seus profissionais, com o elevado número de casos e informações constantemente publicadas. Nesse contexto, criou-se a Plataforma de Inteligência Cooperativa para a Atenção Primária à Saúde (Picaps), uma plataforma tecnológica que ajuda a sistematizar os processos de comunicação…

2024 / Artigos Científicos

Preferences of Individuals With Obesity for Online Medical Consultation in Different Demand Scenarios: Discrete Choice Experiments

Background Obesity is a unique chronic disease, with China having the largest number of people living with overweight and obesity in the world. There has been little research from the demand perspective for online medical consultation (OMC) by individuals living with obesity. With the growing demand for obesity OMC, especially due to the emergence of…

2024 / Artigos Científicos

Online medical consultation in China: Demand-side analysis of obese patients’ preferences and willingness-to-pay for online obesity consultations

Objective With obesity a major health concern and call on healthcare resources in China, we explored the preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for obesity OMC, including the influencing factors behind WTP and preferences. Method We recruited 400 obese participants to undertake a discrete choice experiment (DCE) and the contingent value method (CVM) survey. We…