Effect of e-health on medical expenditures of outpatients with lifestyle-related diseases

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 591-595

  Minetaki, Kazunori ^a,b   Akematsu, Yuji ^c   Tsuji, Masatsugu ^b,d  

^a Kindai University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

causality; e health; endogenous problem; lifestyle related diseases; sampling biases; system GMM

Indexed keywords

CAUSALITY; EHEALTH; ENDOGENOUS PROBLEM; LIFESTYLE-RELATED DISEASE; SYSTEM GMM;

BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOLOGY; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; HEALTH INSURANCE; PATIENT TREATMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

HEALTH;

AGE; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEMEDICINE; TRAVEL;

AGE FACTORS; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SEX FACTORS; TELEMEDICINE; TRAVEL;

EID: 80053269135     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2011.0019     Document Type: Article

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