Time Spent with Patients and Charges to Patients for Specialty Consultations Using Telemedicine

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-350

  McIntosh, William Alex ^a   Alston, Letitia T ^a   Booher, John R ^b   McCaughan, William ^c   Segura, Clasina B ^a   Sykes, Dianne ^d   Wheeler, E Jay ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BEREA COLLEGE   (United States)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DERMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION; INSURANCE; PATIENT TREATMENT; PERSONNEL TRAINING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MEDICAL TRAINING; TELECONSULTATIONS;

TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DERMATOLOGY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEONATOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0842325903     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153056203772744662     Document Type: Article

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