Recommendations for research design of telehealth studies

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 986-989

  Chumbler, Neale R ^a,b   Kobb, Rita ^c   Brennan, David M ^d   Rabinowitz, Terry ^e  

^a RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

e health; Policy; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

CLINICAL OUTCOMES; E-HEALTH; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS; GOLD STANDARDS; POLICY; POLICY MAKERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGNS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; TELEHEALTH; WHITE PAPERS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SHORT SURVEY; TELEHEALTH;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 57049143246     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2008.0108     Document Type: Short Survey

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