Awareness, experiences and perceptions of telehealth in a rural Queensland community

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bradford, Natalie K ^a   Caffery, Liam J ^a   Smith, Anthony C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Healthcare; Rural remote; Specialists; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942437133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1094-7     Document Type: Article

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