Table 3.
Telemedicine management and service mode of tertiary hospitals in different regions of China (N=161).
| Mode | Total, N=161, n (%) | Eastern region, n=59, n (%) | Central region, n=54, n (%) | Western region, n=48, n (%) | |
| Management mode | |||||
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Self-management mode | 95 (59.1) | 40 (68) | 29 (54) | 26 (54) |
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Partial entrustment mode | 51 (31.7) | 16 (27) | 22 (41) | 13 (27) |
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Complete entrustment mode | 13 (8.1) | 3 (5) | 3 (6) | 7 (15) |
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Other | 2 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (4) |
| Management department | |||||
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Established | 110 (68.3) | 48 (81) | 28 (52) | 34 (71) |
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Being established | 22 (13.7) | 5 (9) | 10 (19) | 7 (15) |
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Not established | 29 (18.0) | 6 (10) | 16 (30) | 7 (15) |
| Service mode | |||||
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B2Ba mode | 151 (93.8) | 58 (98) | 50 (93) | 43 (90) |
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DTCb mode | 28 (17.4) | 13 (22) | 6 (11) | 9 (19) |
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B2B2Cc mode | 32 (19.9) | 14 (24) | 12 (22) | 6 (13) |
aB2B: business-to-business.
bDTC: direct-to-consumer.
cB2B2C: business-to-business-to-customer.