What internet services would patients like from hospitals during an epidemic? Lessons from the SARS outbreak in Toronto

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Rizo, Carlos A ^a,b   Lupea, Doina ^a   Baybourdy, Homayoun ^a   Anderson, Matthew ^a   Closson, Tom ^a   Jadad, Alejandro R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases, emerging; Information services; Internet; Public health; Questionnaires; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 29144432340     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7.4.e46     Document Type: Article

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