Early experiences with e-health services (1999-2002): Promise, reality, and implications

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 491-496

  Fung, Vicki ^a   Ortiz, Eduardo ^b   Huang, Jie ^a   Fireman, Bruce ^a   Miller, Robert ^c   Selby, Joseph V ^a   Hsu, John ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

e health; Health services; Integrated delivery system; Internet; Online

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PHARMACY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMATION SERVICES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 33646803507     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000207917.28988.dd     Document Type: Article

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