Mobile phone use and willingness to pay for SMS for diabetes in Bangladesh

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 163-169

  Islam, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful ^a,b   Lechner, Andreas ^c   Ferrari, Uta ^c   Seissler, Jochen ^c   Holle, Rolf ^d   Niessen, Louis W ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Diabetes; Economics; Mobile phone; Short message services (SMS); Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXT MESSAGING; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CELL PHONES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 85007086825     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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