Characteristics of patients who seek care via evisits instead of office visits

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 515-519

  Mehrotra, Ateev ^a,b,c   Paone, Suzanne ^c   Martich, G Daniel ^a,c   Albert, Steven M ^d   Shevchik, Grant J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

health services research; primary care delivery access

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERNET PORTALS; MULTIVARIATE MODELS; PATIENT POPULATION; PRIMARY CARE; TRAVEL DISTANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SINUSITIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PENNSYLVANIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SINUSITIS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899774716     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2012.0221     Document Type: Article

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