Views of residents of rural areas on accessibility to specialist care through videoconference

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 147-155

  Johansson, Annette M ^a   Söderberg, Siv ^a   Lindberg, Inger ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

implementation; Primary health care; qualitative content analysis; quantitative; questionnaire; rural areas; technology; video consultation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SWEDEN; TELEMEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEOCONFERENCING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SWEDEN; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEOCONFERENCING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901857816     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/THC-140776     Document Type: Article

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