A cross-national analysis of eHealth in the European Union: Some policy and research directions

Information and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 783-797

  Currie, Wendy L ^a   Seddon, Jonathan J M ^a  

^a AUDENCIA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL METHODS;

CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS; CROSS-NATIONAL ANALYSIS; EHEALTH TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; ICT INFRASTRUCTURES; LOCAL CONDITIONS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL METHOD; QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84901566889     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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