Remote Monitoring or Close Encounters? Ethical Considerations in Priority Setting Regarding Telecare

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 325-339

  Nordgren, Anders ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Ethics; Personal health monitoring; Priority setting; Remote monitoring; Telecare

Indexed keywords

AGED; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SWEDEN; TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SWEDEN; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84919461797     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: 15733394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-012-0218-z     Document Type: Article

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