Transforming rural health care through information technology: An interventional study in China

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 975-985

  Liu, Gordon Guoen ^a   Chen, Yiqun ^b   Qin, Xuezheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Health Information Technology; natural experiment

Indexed keywords

CHINA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TRENDS;

CHINA; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84907378757     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czt078     Document Type: Review

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