A review of telemedicine business models

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 287-297

  Chen, Shengnan ^a   Cheng, Alice ^a   Mehta, Khanjan ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business models; Developing countries; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODELS; BUSINESS PRACTICES; BUSINESS STRATEGY; CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; VALUE CHAINS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

TELEMEDICINE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TELEMEDICINE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84893514729     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2012.0172     Document Type: Review

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