Valuing technology: A qualitative interview study with physicians about insulin pump therapy for children with type 1 diabetes

Health Policy

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 64-71

  Shulman, Rayzel ^a,b,c   Miller, Fiona A ^b,d   Daneman, Denis ^a   Guttmann, Astrid ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion of innovation; Health policy; Insulin infusion system; Qualitative research; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CANADA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN PUMP; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INSULIN INFUSION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ONTARIO; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSULIN INFUSION SYSTEMS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ONTARIO; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84954304663     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.10.006     Document Type: Article

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