E-health in the East Asian tigers

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 73, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 759-769

  Holliday, Ian ^a   Tam, Wai Keung ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

E health; East Asia; Information age; Information technology

Indexed keywords

PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TIGER;

BIODIVERSITY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; WEBSITES;

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; ASIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; JAPAN; MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SINGAPORE; SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN;

ASIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 7444221726     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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