Health Equity

Assessing Telemedicine Unreadiness Among Older Adults in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract: This cross-sectional study uses 2018 data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study to assess the prevalence among older adults in the United States of unreadiness to access video or telephone telemedicine because of disability or inexperience with technology.

Publication: JAMA Internal Medicine

Date Published: August 3, 2020

Author(s): Kenneth Lam, MD, Amy D. Lu, MD, Ying Shi, PhD, et al

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This analysis of California’s state budget from 2007 to 2018 finds that to ensure the long-term health of the state, California needs to eliminate health care waste and direct the savings toward increased funding for programs that improve community conditions—like public education, public health, housing assistance, food assistance, and income support.