telemedicine services in Thailand from the start of the COVID-19 3Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol pandemic to the beginning of the post-COVID-19 period. [...] the exchange of valid information for diagnosis, treatment Concerning telemedicine services, the NHSO initiated the and prevention of disease and injuries, research and evalua- “Telehealth/Telemedicine” program on December 1, 2020, to tion, and the continuing education of health care workers, provide care for UCS patients with stable chronic diseases in with the aim of advancing the health of indi. [...] The dataset provided by the NHSO for this study the Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme, and the Social included anonymized patient-level health data acquired from Security Scheme.7 The NHSO is primarily responsible for hospitals partnering with the NHSO and offering telemedicine patients enrolled in the UCS, which encompasses *70% of services. [...] The outcomes of interest were the number of the COVID-19 outbreak on the delivery of telemedicine serv- patients who used telemedicine services (users) and the num- ices in Thailand, an interrupted time series analysis was con- ber of telemedicine services used (visits). [...] In terms of NHSO age categories, *48% of patients the causes of telemedicine usage were categorized using the were aged 60 years and above, whereas the 25- to 59-year- chapters of the International Statistical Classification of old age group constituted *38% of the total.
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Table of Contents
- A Retrospective Secondary Data Analysis of Telemedicine Service Utilization 2020 2023 Among Patients Covered By The Universal Coverage Scheme in Thailand 1
- Abstract 1
- Introduction 1
- Methods 2
- KITTIRATCHAKOOL ET AL. 2
- Y T 3
- Y T X TX 3
- Results 3
- Table 1 3
- Table 2 3
- TELEMEDICINE USE IN THAILAND 3
- Fig. 1 4
- Fig. 2 p p p 4
- Table 1. Characteristics of Patients and Descriptive Data from Telemedicine Visits 4
- Table 2. The Five Most Frequently Diagnosed Diseases or Conditions 4
- KITTIRATCHAKOOL ET AL. 4
- Fig. 3 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 5
- Discussion 5
- TELEMEDICINE USE IN THAILAND 5
- Conclusions 6
- KITTIRATCHAKOOL ET AL. 6
- Acknowledgments 8
- Authors Contributions 8
- Disclaimer 8
- Ethical Approval 8
- KITTIRATCHAKOOL ET AL. 8
- Data Sharing 9
- Disclosure Statement 9
- Funding Information 9
- Supplementary Material 9
- TELEMEDICINE USE IN THAILAND 9
- Nitichen Kittiratchakool PharmD MSc Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program 6th Floor 6th Building 10
- Department of Health Ministry of Public Health Nonthaburi 11000 Thailand 10
- E-mail 10
- Received Revised Accepted Online Publication Date 10
- KITTIRATCHAKOOL ET AL. 10
