Essential levels of health information in Europe: An action plan for a coherent and sustainable infrastructure

Health Policy

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 530-538

  Carinci, Fabrizio ^a,b  

^a Hub for International Health Research   (Italy)

^b Serectrix Snc   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross border data exchange; European Union; Health information; Privacy and Data Protection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; EUROPE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84925282176     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.11.016     Document Type: Article

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