Telemedicine: remote consultations by type Mexico 2021

According to a survey carried out in Mexico in 2021 among people that had remote medical consultations, close to 60 percent of respondents had used telemedicine for clarification of doubts, while nearly 20 percent stated they had complete general medical appointments remotely. According to the same study, the telephone was the most frequently used communication tool for remote medical consultations in the Latin American country,

Distribution of telemedicine users in Mexico in 2021, by type of consultation

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Release date

November 2021

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Region

Mexico

Survey time period

August 31 to September 9, 2021

Number of respondents

736 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* For this statistic only respondents who had made use of telemedicine were considered.

The question was phrased by the source as follows: "¿Qué tipo de consulta tuviste via telefónica, WhatsApp o videollamada?" (What type of consultation did you have by telephone, WhatsApp or video call?)

The translation of the question in English may slightly differ from the original.

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