Changing availability and cost of Internet physician consultations and prescription medications

Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 247-253

  Bloom, Bernard S ^a   Iannacone, Ronald C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SAP America   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet medical care; Internet prescription medications; On line physician visits

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMFEBUTAMONE; AMFEPRAMONE; CELECOXIB; EFLORNITHINE; FINASTERIDE; ISOTRETINOIN; NORGESTIMATE; PHENDIMETRAZINE; PHENTERMINE; RETINOIC ACID; ROFECOXIB; SIBUTRAMINE; SILDENAFIL; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; TRAMADOL; VALACICLOVIR;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONSULTATION; CONSUMER; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INTERNET; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION;

HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INTERNET; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHYSICIANS; REMOTE CONSULTATION;

EID: 33751558123     PISSN: 14639238     EISSN: 14645246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639230600551405     Document Type: Article

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