RFID-enabled healthcare systems: Risk-benefit analysis

International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 282-300

  Mehrjerdi, Yahia Zare ^a  

^a YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Case studies; Health services; Productivity rate; Profit; Radio frequencies; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956497676     PISSN: 17506123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506121011076192     Document Type: Article

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