Business pluralism of electronic prescriptions: State of development in Europe and the USA

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 132-147

  Salmivalli, Lauri ^a   Hilmola, Olli Pekka ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TSEBA   (Finland)

^c Rotatek   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business models; Electronic prescriptions; Europe; Health informatics; The USA

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARKET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROFIT; REVIEW; SOCIAL INSURANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645106488     PISSN: 17418453     EISSN: 17418461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEH.2006.008828     Document Type: Review

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