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Gaps in internet use narrowed among older adults with Medicare during the COVID‐19 pandemic but persist.

The article discusses research which examined the change in Internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic for people with Medicare aged 65 and older in the U.S. Cited are the method used to calculate for the proportion of people with Medicare who reported ever using the Internet at home in each year, ov...

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Publicado en:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Vol. 72; no. 4; pp. 1283 - 1288
Autores principales: Beckett, Megan K., Haas, Ann, Saliba, Debra, Martino, Steven C., Orr, Nate, Fuentes, Lauren, Binion, Joy, Gaillot, Sarah, Gildner, Jennifer, Elliott, Marc N.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2024
Materias:
United States
Health status indicators
Medicare
Hispanic Americans
Internet
Age distribution
Race
Economic impact
COVID-19 pandemic
Educational attainment
Old age
Attitudes toward computers
Digital divide
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Sumario:The article discusses research which examined the change in Internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic for people with Medicare aged 65 and older in the U.S. Cited are the method used to calculate for the proportion of people with Medicare who reported ever using the Internet at home in each year, overall and by person-level characteristics, and the reasons why racially or ethnically minoritized people with Medicare may be less likely to have access to telemedicine.