A tele-obstetric broadband service including ultrasound, videoconferencing and cardiotocogram. A high cost and a low volume of patients

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 180-184

  Norum, Jan ^a,b   Bergmo, Trine S ^a   Holdø, Bjørn ^c   Johansen, May V ^c   Vold, Ingar N ^c   Sjaaeng, Elisabeth E ^a   Jacobsen, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; TELEMEDICINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 38449097499     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135763307780908085     Document Type: Article

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