Overcoming health inequity: Potential benefits of a patient-centered open-source public health infostructure

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 547-557

  Marques Jr , Ernesto T A ^a,b   Maciel Filho, Romulo ^a   August, Paul Nordstrom ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Kenzen Systems Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Equity in access; Information systems; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER NETWORK; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PUBLIC SECTOR; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 40849115500     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2008000300008     Document Type: Article

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