On telemedicine and healthcare spending
The use of telemedicine has increased substantially worldwide prompting questions about its effect on health outcomes, utilisation rates, and healthcare costs. Using de-identified data from the Alaska Tribal Health System (ATHS) and Medicaid, we evaluate how spending patterns changed for a group of...
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| author | Mouhcine Guettabi Rabecca I. Arnold Elizabeth D. Ferucci |
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| description | The use of telemedicine has increased substantially worldwide prompting questions about its effect on health outcomes, utilisation rates, and healthcare costs. Using de-identified data from the Alaska Tribal Health System (ATHS) and Medicaid, we evaluate how spending patterns changed for a group of telemedicine users relative to a matched sample of non-users. We find that individuals tend to incur lower healthcare spending relative to the control group after first exposure to telemedicine. Our pre- ferred estimates show a 1.14% decrease for the Medicaid sample and a 0.7% decrease in the ATHS sample. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-98190fde5bf44b6784fe1c897168f21e2025-08-20T02:12:45ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health2242-39822025-12-0184110.1080/22423982.2025.2489195On telemedicine and healthcare spendingMouhcine Guettabi0Rabecca I. Arnold1Elizabeth D. Ferucci2Department of Economics and Finance, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USAAlaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Research Services Department, Division of Community Health Services, Anchorage, AK, USAAlaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Research Services Department, Division of Community Health Services, Anchorage, AK, USAThe use of telemedicine has increased substantially worldwide prompting questions about its effect on health outcomes, utilisation rates, and healthcare costs. Using de-identified data from the Alaska Tribal Health System (ATHS) and Medicaid, we evaluate how spending patterns changed for a group of telemedicine users relative to a matched sample of non-users. We find that individuals tend to incur lower healthcare spending relative to the control group after first exposure to telemedicine. Our pre- ferred estimates show a 1.14% decrease for the Medicaid sample and a 0.7% decrease in the ATHS sample.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2025.2489195Telemedicinehealthcare spendingAlaskarural areasmedicaid |
| spellingShingle | Mouhcine Guettabi Rabecca I. Arnold Elizabeth D. Ferucci On telemedicine and healthcare spending International Journal of Circumpolar Health Telemedicine healthcare spending Alaska rural areas medicaid |
| title | On telemedicine and healthcare spending |
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| topic | Telemedicine healthcare spending Alaska rural areas medicaid |
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