Digital inclusion as a social determinant of health

The use of digital tools and applications is steadily increasing and can support a range of health information needs 1 – 3 . As tools such as patient portals, health trackers

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  npj Digital Medicine

• Publication date

  2021-03-17

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Computer Science

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  DOI 10.1038/s41746-021-00413-8PMID 33731887PMCID 7969595
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