High-tech rural clinics and hospitals in Japan: A comparison to the Japanese average

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 215-219

  Matsumoto, Masatoshi ^a   Okayama, Masanobu ^a   Inoue, Kazuo ^b   Kajii, Eiji ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Japan; Rural; Technology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIALYSIS; GASTROSCOPE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; JAPAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TAX;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; JAPAN; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; TECHNOLOGY, HIGH-COST;

EID: 11844272607     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1854.2004.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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