An App Call a Day Keeps the Patient Away? Substitution of Online and In-Person Doctor Consultations Among Young Adults
Lina Maria Ellegård; Gustav Kjellsson; Linn Mattisson · 2026 · The Economic Journal
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Abstract
Abstract The emergence of markets for on-demand online physician consultations —direct-to-consumer telemedicine (DCT) — is currently transforming many healthcare settings. DCT may be a cost-effective substitute for in-person consultations, but the convenience of seeking DCT may increase the demand for the service and consequently also the costs for health insurers. To causally assess the degree to which DCT consultations substitute for in-person primary care consultations, we exploit exogenous changes in patient fees in a fuzzy difference-in-discontinuities analysis of young adults in Sweden.
Abstract by Lina Maria Ellegård; Gustav Kjellsson; Linn Mattisson, The Economic Journal (2026) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1093/ej/ueag016