Mobile Technology in Rural Hospitals: The Case of the CT Scanner

Health Services Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 212-234

  Hartley, David ^a   Moscovice, Ira ^a   Christianson, Jon ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Medical technology; Rural hospitals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DATA COLLECTION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TECHNOLOGY, HIGH-COST; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0029974190     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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