Abstract
Objective: The article analyzes e-health progress in East Asia's leading tiger economies: Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. It describes five main dimensions of e-health provision in the tigers: policymaking, regulation, provision, funding and physician-patient relations.
Methods: We conducted a series of fieldwork interviews and analyzed key healthcare websites.
Results and Conclusion: Our main finding is that the development of e-health in the region is less advanced than might be expected. Our explanation focuses on institutional, cultural and financial factors.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 759-769 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | International Journal of Medical Informatics |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue number | 11/12 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
The work described in this article was substantially supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China [project no. CityU 1199/03H]. Initial seed funding was provided by the Governance in Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong. We are grateful for the research support we received. We thank academics, officials and practitioners in East Asia for talking to us about e-health. The usual disclaimer applies.