Telemedicine complements effective health-care delivery but is not a panacea [6]

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1436-1437

  Sarin, Rajiv ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; TELEMEDICINE; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PUBLISHING; STANDARD;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 33748343652     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030367     Document Type: Letter

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