Barriers to the up-take of telemedicine in Australia - A view from providers

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Moffatt, J J ^a   Eley, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Barriers; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 79959800900     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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