Helmsley trust support for telehealth improves access to care in rural and frontier areas

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 336-341

  Stingley, Shelley ^a   Schultz, Heidi ^a  

^a Rural Healthcare Program   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION DENSITY; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; TELEHEALTH; VIDEOCONFERENCING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893562059     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1278     Document Type: Article

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