The Impact of New Technologies on Individuals’ Health Perceptions in the European Union

Gabriel Brătucu, Andra Ioana Maria Tudor, Lavinia Dovleac, Silvia Sumedrea (), Ioana Bianca Chițu and Adrian Trifan
Additional contact information
Gabriel Brătucu: Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Transilvania University of Braşov, Colina Universității Street, No. 1, Building A, 500068 Braşov, Romania
Andra Ioana Maria Tudor: Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Transilvania University of Braşov, Colina Universității Street, No. 1, Building A, 500068 Braşov, Romania
Lavinia Dovleac: Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Transilvania University of Braşov, Colina Universității Street, No. 1, Building A, 500068 Braşov, Romania
Ioana Bianca Chițu: Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Transilvania University of Braşov, Colina Universității Street, No. 1, Building A, 500068 Braşov, Romania
Adrian Trifan: Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Transilvania University of Braşov, Colina Universității Street, No. 1, Building A, 500068 Braşov, Romania

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 24, 1-14

Abstract: The healthcare systems of European countries currently face challenges regarding the sustainability of healthcare provision. The growing sophistication of new technologies is transforming the accessibility and management of health services and information, while also challenging society’s ability to offer fair access to health services for all people. The aim of this paper is to identify and analyze some of the determinants of the self-perceived health status across the EU28 area and to determine how the digitalization of health is impacting the self-rated health of the European populations, given the fact that a healthier population is one of the 17 goals of sustainable development on the 2030 Agenda. The research method used is panel-data regression using secondary data from international databases. The results indicate that there is a direct relationship between the way people are assessing personal health, the ability to use the Internet for seeking health-related information, and the use of various apps to purchase health-related items online. Our findings are useful for academics, industry specialists, and public authorities in designing sustainable health products and policies by focusing on the development of suitable mHealth programs for generating more patient-centered services where the idea of self-care is encouraged.

Keywords: mHealth; e-Health; health-related online purchases; self-perceived health; sustainability of healthcare provision (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/24/10349/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/24/10349/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:24:p:10349-:d:460283

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().