The costs and potential savings of a novel telepaediatric service in Queensland

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Smith, Anthony C ^a   Scuffham, Paul ^a,b   Wootton, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BURN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONSULTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NEPHROLOGY; ONCOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TELEMEDICINE; TRAVEL; VIDEOCONFERENCING; WORKLOAD; CHILD; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRICS; PROCEDURES; TELECONSULTATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UTILIZATION;

CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; COST SAVINGS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; QUEENSLAND; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TRANSPORTATION; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 33947238523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-35     Document Type: Article

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