
Many of the services are run via mobile phone apps. Credit: Janerik Henriksson/TT
Technology
Demand for online doctor visits surged during pandemic
- The demand for digital consultations with doctors has seen a sharp increase in the past year.
- During 2019, about a million people in Sweden used online doctor services. In 2020, up until the month of November, that number passed 2 million.
- The cost for online consultation also doubled, from half a billion Swedish kronor in 2019, to one billion in 2020.