doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030082.
Epub 2006 Mar 7.
Telemedicine in rural India
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Telemedicine in rural India
PLoS Med.
2006 Mar.
Abstract
Although nearly 75% of Indians live in rural villages, more than 75% of Indian doctors are based in cities. Might telemedicine be a cheap and fast way to bridge the rural-urban health divide?
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Telemedicine complements effective health-care delivery but is not a panacea.PLoS Med. 2006 Aug;3(8):e367. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030367. PLoS Med. 2006. PMID: 16942401 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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