Promoting the use of health information and communication technologies in Spain: a new approach based on the ICT-H
The rapid growth of the use of new technologies is having an important effect on individuals’ health knowledge and behavior. The objective of this paper is to study the potential reduction in health care utilization associated with the expansion of new technologies. Using Spanish micro data from the...
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| author | Carla Blázquez Fernández David Cantarero Prieto Marta Pascual Sáez |
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| description | The rapid growth of the use of new technologies is having an important effect on individuals’ health knowledge and behavior. The objective of this paper is to study the potential reduction in health care utilization associated with the expansion of new technologies. Using Spanish micro data from the Survey on the Equipment and Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT-H) in Households for 2014 we analyze information technologies equipment, availability of access and means of Internet connection per household. We model the probability of an individual being internet user in Spain as a function of a range of socio-economic characteristics, including individual’s gender, age, education and employment situation. Also, we hypothesized that a greater use of this communication technologies is related to a lesser health care expenditure. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ab023e38ddc24b1d97a91d5228bd2b2b2022-12-22T03:57:23ZengIcono 14La Revista Icono 141697-82932015-07-0113210.7195/ri14.v13i2.860484Promoting the use of health information and communication technologies in Spain: a new approach based on the ICT-HCarla Blázquez Fernández0David Cantarero Prieto1Marta Pascual Sáez2Universidad de CantabriaUniversidad de CantabriaUniversidad de CantabriaThe rapid growth of the use of new technologies is having an important effect on individuals’ health knowledge and behavior. The objective of this paper is to study the potential reduction in health care utilization associated with the expansion of new technologies. Using Spanish micro data from the Survey on the Equipment and Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT-H) in Households for 2014 we analyze information technologies equipment, availability of access and means of Internet connection per household. We model the probability of an individual being internet user in Spain as a function of a range of socio-economic characteristics, including individual’s gender, age, education and employment situation. Also, we hypothesized that a greater use of this communication technologies is related to a lesser health care expenditure.https://icono14.net/ojs/index.php/icono14/article/view/860healthnew technologieeHealthutilizationhealth expenditureprobit models |
| spellingShingle | Carla Blázquez Fernández David Cantarero Prieto Marta Pascual Sáez Promoting the use of health information and communication technologies in Spain: a new approach based on the ICT-H La Revista Icono 14 health new technologie eHealth utilization health expenditure probit models |
| title | Promoting the use of health information and communication technologies in Spain: a new approach based on the ICT-H |
| title_full | Promoting the use of health information and communication technologies in Spain: a new approach based on the ICT-H |
| title_fullStr | Promoting the use of health information and communication technologies in Spain: a new approach based on the ICT-H |
| title_full_unstemmed | Promoting the use of health information and communication technologies in Spain: a new approach based on the ICT-H |
| title_short | Promoting the use of health information and communication technologies in Spain: a new approach based on the ICT-H |
| title_sort | promoting the use of health information and communication technologies in spain a new approach based on the ict h |
| topic | health new technologie eHealth utilization health expenditure probit models |
| url | https://icono14.net/ojs/index.php/icono14/article/view/860 |
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