Better, sooner, more convenient: A successful teledermoscopy service

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-25

  Lim, David ^a   Oakley, Amanda M M ^a   Rademaker, Marius ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

basal cell carcinoma; dermoscopy; economic analysis; health economics; melanoma; skin cancer; squamous cell carcinoma; teledermatology; teledermoscopy; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BENIGN SKIN TUMOR; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGIST; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TELESCOPE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SKIN DISEASES; TELEMEDICINE; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856972508     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2011.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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