How Might Internet Connectivity Affect Health Care Access?
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Description
Describes how a lack of internet access may negatively
impact access to healthcare. Features data and statistics
on internet access, with information broken down by
race/ethnicity, age, poverty level, insurance status and
type, and metropolitan/nonmetropolitan location. Discusses
COVID-19 and how social distancing measures have led to
increased implementation of telehealth, resulting in
additional challenges accessing healthcare among people
with little to no internet connectivity.
Author(s)
Krutika Amin, Matthew Rae, Giorlando Ramirez, Cynthia Cox
Date
12/2020
Type
Document
Organization
KFF
Tagged as
Access · Broadband · COVID-19 · Health insurance · Infectious diseases · Poverty · Racial and ethnic groups · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth