Preference Characteristics for New Medical Treatment in the Mobility Innovation Context

Abstract

In recent years, advances in technological innovations realized in the field of transportation, such as Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and Automated Driving Vehicle with Utility Services (ADVUS), and innovations realized in the medical field, such as wearable terminals, have led to the introduction of connected medicine, linking diverse entities such as places, people, and data related to medical care. Connected medicine can be expected to become an important solution under pressure from declining birthrates and aging populations. In that context, unregulated introduction of a system might engender inefficient use of medical resources, which in turn might engender a decline in local medical services. Therefore, connected medicine systems must be introduced based on an understanding of preferences for medical treatment methods included in connected medicine. For this study, an original questionnaire survey was administered to elicit respondents' willingness to use medical treatment methods and to clarify factors that affect the preferences.