Promoting ICT innovations for the ageing population in Japan

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Obi, Toshio ^a   Ishmatova, Diana ^b   Iwasaki, Naoko ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Demographic aging; E health; E Inclusion; ICT applications; Japan; Persons with disabilities; Policy development

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; E INCLUSIONS; EHEALTH; JAPAN; PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; POLICY DEVELOPMENT;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; READING; SAFETY; TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; AGING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; JAPAN; MOVEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84875376286     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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