Value versus user fees: Perspectives of patients before and after using a web-based portal for management of diabetes

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1035-1043

  Bryce, Cindy L ^a,b   Zickmund, Susan ^a,c   Hess, Rachel ^a   McTigue, Kathleen M ^a   Olshansky, Ellen ^a,d   Fitzgerald, Katharine ^a   Fischer, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Access fee; Diabetes; Patient portal; Quantitative and qualitative methods; User fee

Indexed keywords

ACCESS FEE; DIABETES; PATIENT PORTAL; QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE METHODS; USER FEE;

ACCESS CONTROL; GLUCOSE; HEALTH; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

FEES AND CHARGES;

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; E-MAIL; FEE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 58149216640     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2008.0005     Document Type: Article

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