Telemedicine in Sub-Saharan Africa: A proposed Delphi study

Proceedings of the 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Mbarika, V W A ^a   Okoli, C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; DELPHI STUDY; MEDICAL FACILITY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84969560304     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2003.1174373     Document Type: Conference Paper

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