Patients' perceptions of a home telecare system

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 486-498

  Rahimpour, Mohammadreza ^a   Lovell, Nigel H ^a,b   Celler, Branko G ^a   McCormick, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Ageing; Chronic disease; Home telecare; Perception; Self efficacy; Technophobia

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HOME TELECARE; SELF EFFICACY;

HEALTH CARE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DECISION MAKING; DETERIORATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; TELEHEALTH; TRAVEL;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; HOME CARE SERVICES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 43649107966     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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