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Review
. 2022 Jan 28;19(4):144-147.
doi: 10.1002/cld.1171. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Telemedicine and Health Disparities

Jennifer C Price  1 , Dinee C Simpson  2
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Review

Telemedicine and Health Disparities

Jennifer C Price et al. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). .

Abstract

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FIG 1
Conceptual model of intervention‐generated inequality. Adapted with permission from Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
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FIG 2
Percent of US adults who are home broadband users by race/ethnicity (A), income (B), education (C), and community (D). Source: PEW RESEARCH CENTER.
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