Telemedicine for older adults

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Kropf, Nancy P ^a   Grigsby, R Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care and older adults; Health care delivery; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLICY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COST SAVINGS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032610135     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v17n04_01     Document Type: Article

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