Telemedical cervical cancer screening to bridge medicaid service care gap for rural women

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 403-408

  Hitt, Wilbur C ^a   Low, Gordon ^a   Bird, Tommy Mac ^a,b   Ott, Rachel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

technology; telehealth; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; NURSING; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS; TECHNOLOGY;

CERVICAL CANCERS; DEMONSTRATION PROJECT; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHS; FACULTY MEMBERS; MEDICAL SCIENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TELEHEALTH; TELEMEDICINE TECHNOLOGY;

TELEMEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLPOSCOPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARKANSAS; COLPOSCOPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893112697     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2012.0148     Document Type: Article

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