Future healthcare logistics: a survey of the public opinion on drones in Denmark
Drones are expected to become widespread in society, making public readiness an important prerequisite for successfully unleashing them. This article investigates Danish citizens’ opinions on drones across varying fields of application and, specifically, six potential cases of healthcare logistics....
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| author | Iben Fasterholdt Mette Præst Knudsen Nicolai From Marianne Harbo Frederiksen |
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| description | Drones are expected to become widespread in society, making public readiness an important prerequisite for successfully unleashing them. This article investigates Danish citizens’ opinions on drones across varying fields of application and, specifically, six potential cases of healthcare logistics. Survey data representative of age, gender, and geography were collected and included information about respondents’ background, knowledge level of drones, and opinions on different drone use cases. Data were analysed with frequency tables and bivariate cross-tabulation. A thousand and four Danish adults completed the survey. Although other fields of application received higher levels of support, a majority of the respondents were positive towards using drones for healthcare logistics. Transportation of medicine and blood samples between hospitals were the most accepted healthcare use cases. Support varies across age with the highest support found in the eldest age group. Also, the more citizens report to know about drones, the more they tend to support using them. The results suggest that policymakers and firms must be attentive towards the public opinion on drones and seek insights into what citizens regard as noble purposes of using drones. Moreover, citizens must become more acquainted with drones, as this will likely boost public support. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aba2bf4cd4a840bda4c4b25ac493c2332023-08-10T12:02:07ZengCanadian Science PublishingDrone Systems and Applications2564-49392023-01-01111810.1139/dsa-2022-0050Future healthcare logistics: a survey of the public opinion on drones in DenmarkIben Fasterholdt0Mette Præst Knudsen1Nicolai From2Marianne Harbo Frederiksen3CIMT – Centre for Innovative Medical Technology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, DenmarkCentre for Integrative Innovation Management, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkCIMT – Centre for Innovative Medical Technology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, DenmarkCIMT – Centre for Innovative Medical Technology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, DenmarkDrones are expected to become widespread in society, making public readiness an important prerequisite for successfully unleashing them. This article investigates Danish citizens’ opinions on drones across varying fields of application and, specifically, six potential cases of healthcare logistics. Survey data representative of age, gender, and geography were collected and included information about respondents’ background, knowledge level of drones, and opinions on different drone use cases. Data were analysed with frequency tables and bivariate cross-tabulation. A thousand and four Danish adults completed the survey. Although other fields of application received higher levels of support, a majority of the respondents were positive towards using drones for healthcare logistics. Transportation of medicine and blood samples between hospitals were the most accepted healthcare use cases. Support varies across age with the highest support found in the eldest age group. Also, the more citizens report to know about drones, the more they tend to support using them. The results suggest that policymakers and firms must be attentive towards the public opinion on drones and seek insights into what citizens regard as noble purposes of using drones. Moreover, citizens must become more acquainted with drones, as this will likely boost public support.https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/dsa-2022-0050dronesunmanned aerial vehiclessurveys and questionnairespublic opinionhealth policydelivery of healthcare |
| spellingShingle | Iben Fasterholdt Mette Præst Knudsen Nicolai From Marianne Harbo Frederiksen Future healthcare logistics: a survey of the public opinion on drones in Denmark Drone Systems and Applications drones unmanned aerial vehicles surveys and questionnaires public opinion health policy delivery of healthcare |
| title | Future healthcare logistics: a survey of the public opinion on drones in Denmark |
| title_full | Future healthcare logistics: a survey of the public opinion on drones in Denmark |
| title_fullStr | Future healthcare logistics: a survey of the public opinion on drones in Denmark |
| title_full_unstemmed | Future healthcare logistics: a survey of the public opinion on drones in Denmark |
| title_short | Future healthcare logistics: a survey of the public opinion on drones in Denmark |
| title_sort | future healthcare logistics a survey of the public opinion on drones in denmark |
| topic | drones unmanned aerial vehicles surveys and questionnaires public opinion health policy delivery of healthcare |
| url | https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/dsa-2022-0050 |
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