Chronic disease, geographic location and socioeconomic disadvantage as obstacles to equitable access to e-health

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Chronic disease, geographic location and socioeconomic disadvantage as obstacles to equitable access to e-health

Despite recent public attention to e-health as a solution to rising healthcare costs and an ageing population, there have been relatively few studies examining the geographical pattern of e-health usage. This paper argues for an equitable approach to e-health and attention to the way in which e-heal...

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Main Authors:	Han, J., Sunderland, N., Kendall, E., Gudes, Ori, Henniker, G.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Health Information Management Association of Australia 2010
Subjects:	chronic disease access to health care telecommunications socioeconomic status health services accessibility geographic factors internet
Online Access:	http://www.himaa.org.au/members/journal/HIMJ_39_2_2010/Han_et_al_Obstacles_to_ehealth_access.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45554

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