Telehealth: A policy analysis for quality, impact on patient outcomes, and political feasibility

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 152-158

  Prinz, Linda ^a   Cramer, Mary ^a   Englund, Andrea ^a  

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ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLITICS; STANDARD; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; POLITICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48049087705     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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