Younger patients with higher incomes and education levels are still the top consumers of telehealth, pointing to potential access inequalities, Mobi Health News reports, citing Rock Health’s 2021 Digital Health Consumer Adoption Survey.
The survey, which this year asked nearly 8,000 U.S. adults about their experiences with digital health and telemedicine, found the most likely telehealth consumers were higher income, between the ages of 18 and 44, with advanced degrees and chronic conditions.
Those who were least likely to have used telehealth before were adults over the age of 55, making less than $35,000 per year, those living in rural areas, people taking no prescriptions and the uninsured. The survey found 28% of respondents had never used telehealth before. Read more.
