Hadly Baldwin
The ability to access information and resources via the Internet is a vital component of modern living. This report examines the impact of Internet access on health inequality across various socioeconomic categories using data from a cross-country panel study and the WHO Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT). The findings show that having access to the Internet greatly raises the standard of health and reduces health disparities. This research also explores the social and economic factors of access to healthcare using cross-country data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) database. In particular, it is discovered that having access to the Internet considerably eases getting medical treatment and lessens the detrimental effects of income inequality on getting it. When taken as a whole, these results highlight the value of the Internet in lowering health disparities and expanding access to healthcare.