The quality and characteristics of leading general hospitals' websites in china

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1553-1562

  Liu, Xiaolei ^a   Bao, Zhen ^a   Liu, Haitao ^b   Wang, Zhenghong ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Internet; Leading hospital; Quality; Website

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONSUMER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET;

EID: 84856224172     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-010-9432-0     Document Type: Article

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