Organizational and environmental factors affecting the utilization of telemedicinein rural home healthcare

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 49-67

  West, Vivian L ^a   Milio, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homecare; Nursing care; Organization; Rural health services; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 16844385330     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v23n04_04     Document Type: Article

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