Outside the digital bubble: digital illiteracy is common and deserves more attention when implementing eHealth

Esther Metting; Eveline Hage

doi:10.2139/ssrn.4246806

Outside the digital bubble: digital illiteracy is common and deserves more attention when implementing eHealth

Esther Metting
, Eveline Hage^*

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While the COVID-19 pandemic has severed as a catalyst for a digital revolution in health care, relevant populations are now facing digital exclusion due to their low digital literacy. We use Eurostat data to identify citizen groups at risk of such exclusion, which include amongst others: the low educated, the economically inactive, and the elderly. We argue that without a tailored approach, the digital revolution in health care is likely to reinforce existing health inequalities between populations.

Original language	English
Publisher	SSRN
Number of pages	9
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4246806
Publication status	Published - 24-Jun-2024

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Name	Social Sciences & Humanities Open
Publisher	Elsevier
ISSN (Print)	2590-2911

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Outside the digital bubble: Digital illiteracy is common and deserves more attention when implementing eHealth
Metting, E. I. & Hage, E., Jan-2024, In: Social Sciences and Humanities Open. 10, 101001.
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