The impact of telemedicine on quality of life in rural areas: The extremadura model of specialized care delivery

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-243

  Ferrer Roca, Olga ^a   Garcia Nogales, A ^b   Pelaez, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Primary care; Quality of life; Rural medicine; Secondary care; Telemedicine; Tertiary care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EXAMINATIONS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; PAIN RELIEF; POLITICAL DECISION; PRIMARY CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RED TAPE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL MEDICINE; RURAL PATIENTS; RURAL POPULATION; RURAL REGIONS;

HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HOSPITALS; RURAL AREAS;

TELEMEDICINE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SPAIN; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEMEDICINE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 77949898338     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2009.0107     Document Type: Article

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