Trends in seniors' use of digital health technology in the United States, 2011-2014

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 538-540

  Levine, David M ^a   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^a   Linder, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGY; E-MAIL; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TEXT MESSAGING; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; AGING; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AGED; AGING; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CELL PHONES; COMPUTERS; HUMANS; INTERNET; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84982107441     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.9124     Document Type: Letter

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