A panel analysis of the strategic association between information and communication technology and public health delivery

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Wu, Sarah Jinhui ^a   Raghupathi, Wullianallur ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Correlation; Information and communication technologies (icts); Panel data; Public health delivery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TUBERCULOSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84872440967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2242     Document Type: Article

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