E-health: Determinants, opportunities, challenges and the way forward for countries in the WHO African Region

BMC Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Kirigia, Joses M ^a   Seddoh, Anthony ^a   Gatwiri, Doris ^b   Muthuri, Lenity H K ^c   Seddoh, Janet ^d  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d West African Examinations Council   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; INCOME; INTERNET; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; PREVALENCE; READING; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AFRICA; CELL PHONES; COMPUTER LITERACY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MICROCOMPUTERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SCHOOLS; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 30944434844     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-137     Document Type: Article

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