Telehealth opportunities in regional Queensland: A scoping study

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 451-454

  Croll, Jasmine ^a   Norton, Chrissie J ^a   Gray, Leonard C ^a   Bryett, Andrew ^b   Smith, Anthony C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Queensland Health   (Australia)

^c Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MULTICENTER STUDY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; QUEENSLAND; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84871820614     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2012.GTH106     Document Type: Article

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