Information superhighway or billboards by the roadside? An analysis of hospital web sites

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 385-391

  Zingmond, D S ^a,b   Lim, Y W ^b   Ettner, S L ^a,b   Carlisle, D M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PROFIT;

CALIFORNIA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET;

EID: 0035216079     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.175.6.385     Document Type: Article

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