A telephone survey of patient satisfaction with realtime telemedicine in a rural community in Colombia

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-87

  López, Catalina ^a   Valenzuela, José Ignacio ^a   Calderó, Jorge Enrique ^b   Velasco, Andrés Fabián ^b   Fajardo, Roosevelt ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN SANTA FE DE BOGOTÁ   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MILITAR NUEVA GRANADA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOMBIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STANDARD; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPHONE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952227398     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2010.100611     Document Type: Article

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