The hidden economics of telemedicine

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 801-802

  Asch, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DERMATOLOGIST; DERMATOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIST; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REIMBURSEMENT; TELEMEDICINE; WAITING ROOM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947460835     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-1416     Document Type: Editorial

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