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- Title
Willingness-to-Pay Stated Preferences for Telemedicine Versus In-Person Visits in Patients with a History of Psoriasis or Melanoma.
- Authors
Abrar A. Qureshi; Heather A. Brandling-Bennett; Eve Wittenberg; Suephy C. Chen; Arthur J. Sober; Joseph C. Kvedar
- Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate willingness-to-pay stated preferences for telemedicineversus in-person clinic visits in patients with a history of psoriasis or melanoma. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 92 (n = 92) adult participants with a history of psoriasis or melanoma recruited primarily from hospital-based dermatology practices. Data werecollected on patient demographics and willingness-to-pay responses. In a combined analysisfor patients with melanoma and psoriasis, 73% of participants preferred telemedicine over in-personvisits if access to the physician was quicker. The majority of those choosing telemedicine(95%) were also willing to pay a median of $25 ($5–$500) out-of-pocket. When time tosee a physician was held constant for telemedicine and in-person visits, 19% of participantspreferred telemedicine and about 58% of these participants were willing to pay a median of$25 ($10–$125) out-of-pocket. This preliminary work suggests that dermatology patients prefertelemedicine if this modality provides quicker access to their physician.
- Subjects
TELEMEDICINE; PSORIASIS; MELANOMA; PATIENTS
- Publication
Telemedicine & e-Health, 2006, Vol 12, Issue 6, p639
- ISSN
1530-5627
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/tmj.2006.12.639