Telemedicine in rural India.
expert_opinion · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 16509768.
- Also identified by PMC identifier 1420376.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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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?
Medical subject headings
- Developing Countries
- Rural Health Services
- Telemedicine