Teleradiotherapy network: Applications and feasibility for providing cost-effective comprehensive radiotherapy care in low-and middle-income group countries for cancer patients

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 523-532

  Datta, Niloy Ranjan ^a   Heuser, Michael ^a   Samiei, Massoud ^b   Shah, Ragesh ^c   Lutters, Gerd ^a   Bodis, Stephan ^a,d  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c Online Telemedicine Res Institute   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

e health; education; telehealth; telemedicine; Teleoncology

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASES; EDUCATION; INVESTMENTS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; TELEMEDICINE;

CANCER PATIENTS; COST EFFECTIVE; LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES; RADIOTHERAPY FACILITY; SERVICE PROVIDER; TELEHEALTH; TELEONCOLOGY; TELERADIOTHERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; TELEMEDICINE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84936949269     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2014.0154     Document Type: Article

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