Triangulation analysis of tele-palliative care implementation in a rural community area in Japan

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 655-662

  Aoki, Noriaki ^a,b,c   Ohta, Sachiko ^a,b,d   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^d,e   Kikuchi, Nobutaka ^a,b,f   Dunn, Kim ^b,g  

^a Outcomes Research and Development Japan CHORD J   (Japan)

^b University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Dept of Ophthalmol   (Japan)

^e Tanono Clinic   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g Schull Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT MONITORING; RURAL AREAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TELEMEDICINE; TRIANGULATION;

COST SAVINGS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TELEPALLIATIVE CARE; TRIANGULATION ANALYSIS;

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONVERSATION; COST CONTROL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 33846461146     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2006.12.655     Document Type: Article

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