Telemedicine from the payor perspective: Considerations for reimbursement decisions

Disease Management and Health Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 291-298

  Whitten, Pamela ^a   Kuwahara, Emily ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HUMAN; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0038239866     PISSN: 11738790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00115677-200311050-00002     Document Type: Review

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