eHealth usage patterns of European general practitioners: A five-year (2002-2007) comparative study

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 539-553

  Ortega Egea, José Manuel ^a   González, María Victoria Román ^a   Menéndez, Manuel Recio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Demographics; Electronic health records; European Union; General practitioners; Health care technology; Health policy; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EUROPEAN UNION; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; INTERNET; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; WORLD WIDE WEB;

HEALTH;

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; INFORMATION SERVICE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHY; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 77954386053     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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