Transaction costs economics as a conceptual framework for the analysis of barriers to the diffusion of telemedicine

Health Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Pelletier Fleury, Nathalie ^a   Fargeon, Valérie ^a   Lanoé, Jean Louis ^a   Fardeau, Michèle ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion of innovation; Telemedicine; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

COST; DIFFUSION; ECONOMICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0030827831     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(97)00038-9     Document Type: Article

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