A comparison of how four countries use health IT to support care for people with chronic conditions

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1559-1566

  Adler Milstein, Julia ^a   Sarma, Nandini ^b   Woskie, Liana R ^b   Jha, Ashish K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; TELEHEALTH; UNITED STATES; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TRENDS;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENMARK; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907057697     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0424     Document Type: Article

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