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Demographics of Users, Social & Digital Divide (946) eHealth Literacy / Digital Literacy (550) Equity and Digital Divide (398) Use and User Demographics of mHealth (415) Internet Access and Digital Technology Use in an Elderly Population (343) Health Services Research and Health Care Utilization in Older Patients (144) Information Seeking, Information Needs (569) Longitudinal and Cohort Studies in Public Health (425) Big Data (313)

Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/62645, first published .
The Association Between the Digital Divide and Health Inequalities Among Older Adults in China: Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Survey

The Association Between the Digital Divide and Health Inequalities Among Older Adults in China: Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Survey

The Association Between the Digital Divide and Health Inequalities Among Older Adults in China: Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Survey

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Mengqiu Wu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Yongxi Xue2 Author Orcid Image ;   Chengyu Ma2 Author Orcid Image
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