mHealth global healthcare cost reductions impact 2016

This statistic presents the cost drivers where mobile health is expected to have the highest positive global impact in the next five years, as of 2016. It was found that mHealth is thought to have the highest positive cost impact on reducing costs for hospital readmission and duration of stays, with 63 percent of respondents believing so.

Cost drivers where mobile health will have the highest positive impact worldwide in the next five years, as of 2016*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Reduce costs for hospital readmision and duration of stay	63%
Reduce costs of patients non-adherence to a treatment	61%
Reduce doctor visits costs	44%
Reduce prevention costs	33%
Reduce redundant examinations and medication costs	23%
Reduce medical trial costs	20%
Reduce labor costs	16%
Reduce investement in technologies	14%

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Release date

October 2016

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2016

Number of respondents

2,600 respondents

Special properties

mHealth app publishers

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* According to international mHealth app publishers.
Original question: On which cost drivers will mHealth have the highest positive impact in the next 5 years?

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