Valuable Features in Mobile Health Apps for Patients and Consumers: Content Analysis of Apps and User Ratings

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Mendiola, Martin F ^a   Kalnicki, Miriam ^a   Lindenauer, Sarah ^a  

^a Social Wellth   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable care act; Consumer preference; Mhealth; Mobile apps

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969933685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.4283     Document Type: Article

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