Ehealth: Market potential and business strategies

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages

  Whitten, Pamela ^a   Steinfield, Charles ^a   Hellmich, Seth ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DRUG PRODUCTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUSINESS STRATEGIES; E-HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 3242803611     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2001.tb00129.x     Document Type: Article

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