Transnational comparison: A retrospective study on e-health in sparsely populated areas of the northern periphery

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1053-1059

  Roberts, Anne ^a   Reponen, Jarmo ^b   Pesola, Ulla Maija ^c   Waterworth, Eva ^c   Larsen, Frank ^d   Mäkiniemi, Minna ^b   Heaney, David James ^a   Wakeling, Mary ^a   McFarlane, Anne ^e   Winblad, Ilkka ^b   Christensen, Bente ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

e health; telehealth; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AGEING POPULATION; EHEALTH; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FINLAND; HEALTHCARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; MIXED METHOD; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; RURAL REGIONS; SCOTLAND; SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURES; TELEHEALTH; TRANSPORT NETWORKS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING; TELEMEDICINE;

HEALTH;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINLAND; HUMAN; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SWEDEN; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

FINLAND; HUMANS; NORWAY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SCOTLAND; SWEDEN; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 78650798068     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2010.0075     Document Type: Article

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