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Bangladesh has seen a 20-fold increase in the use of teleconsultation during the pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n The aim of our study was to assess the influence of service quality and user satisfaction on the intention to use teleconsultation in the future among users of national teleconsultation services during the pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2020 among users of the national teleconsultation service\u2014Shastho Batayon for acute respiratory infection. A validated mobile health service quality model based on structural equation modeling and confirmatory factor analysis was used to analyze the data with SmartPLS (version 3.0).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Among the 2097 study participants, 1646 (78.5%) were male, 1416 (67.5%) were aged 18\u201039 years, 1588 (75.7%) were urban residents, 1348 (64.2%) had more than 10 years of schooling, and 1657 (79%) were from middle-income households. From a consumer perspective, the quality of the service platform (\u03b2=.946), service interaction (\u03b2=.974), and outcome (\u03b2=.955) contributed to service quality. Service quality was positively associated with user satisfaction (\u03b2=.327;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n <.001) and intention to use teleconsultation services (\u03b2=.102;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n <.001). User satisfaction was positively associated with the intention to use teleconsultation services (\u03b2=.311;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n <.001).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n The increase in the use of teleconsultation during the pandemic indicated that such services were potentially used for emergencies. However, the future use of teleconsultation will be dependent on the quality of service and user satisfaction. 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