Economic and organizational factors in the future of telemedicine and home care

Pervasive and Smart Technologies for Healthcare: Ubiquitous Methodologies and Tools

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 322-335

  Turchetti, Giuseppe ^a   Geisler, Elie ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84899173030     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-765-7.ch015     Document Type: Chapter

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