A looming digital divide? Group differences in the perceived importance of electronic health records

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 832-846

  Anthony, Denise L ^a,b   Campos Castillo, Celeste ^c  

^a Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

digital divide; electronic health records; health disparities; health information technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926257772     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2015.1006657     Document Type: Article

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