Barriers and facilitators to health information exchange in low- and middle-income country settings: A systematic review

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1310-1325

  Akhlaq, Ather ^a   McKinstry, Brian ^a   Muhammad, Khalid Bin ^b   Sheikh, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Barriers; facilitators; health information exchange; low and middle income countries

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; BRAZIL; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; KENYA; LANGUAGE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; SEARCH ENGINE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTILIZATION;

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 85014300536     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw056     Document Type: Review

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