On the evaluation of economic benefits of Japanese telemedicine and factors for its promotion

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 691-697

  Miyahara, Shoichi ^a   Tsuji, Masatsugu ^b   Iizuka, Chikako ^c   Hasegawa, Takashi ^d   Taoka, Fumio ^e  

^a AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RADIOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYING;

CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY (WTP); WILLINGNESS TO UNDERTAKE (WTU);

TELEMEDICINE;

ARTICLE; CONTINGENT VALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; JAPAN; KERNEL METHOD; MICROCOMPUTER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPATHOLOGY; TELERADIOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 33846439737     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2006.12.691     Document Type: Article

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