State primary stroke center policies in the United States: Rural health issues

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 225-229

  Slade, Catherine P ^a   O'Toole, Laurence J ^b   Rho, Eunju ^b  

^a AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

policy; technology; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; EHEALTH; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; PRIMARY DATA; RULES AND REGULATIONS; RURAL HEALTH; SEMI-STRUCTURED; STATE POLICY; STROKE CARE;

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC POLICY; TECHNOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE;

RURAL AREAS;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

FLORIDA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW MEXICO; NEW YORK; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859541776     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2011.0141     Document Type: Review

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