Health needs and eHealth readiness assessment of health care organizations in Kabul and Bamyan, Afghanistan;Évaluation des besoins en matière de santé et de la préparation à la cybersanté dans des établissements de soins de santé à Kaboul et Bamyan (Afghanistan)

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 663-670

  Durrani, H ^a   Khoja, S ^a,b   Naseem, A ^a   Scott, R E ^b   Gul, A ^a   Jan, R ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84864063530     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2012.18.6.663     Document Type: Article

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