The role of cost in telemedicine evaluation

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 949-953

  Wang, Fuhmei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cost criteria; Economics; Health status; Medical resource allocations

Indexed keywords

COST CRITERIA; DATA SETS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; GENERALIZED METHODS OF MOMENTS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; HEALTH INDICATORS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME LEVELS; LIFE EXPECTANCIES; MEDICAL SERVICES; MEDICAL SYSTEMS; PER CAPITA; STATISTICAL SOFTWARE; SURVEY DATA; TELEHEALTH SERVICES;

BLENDING; COST REDUCTION; ECONOMICS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TELEMEDICINE;

HEALTH;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; TAIWAN; TELEMEDICINE;

ALGORITHMS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH STATUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; TAIWAN; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 74249105389     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2009.0077     Document Type: Article

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