International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 76, Issue 8 , Pages 614-620 , August 2007

An investigation into health informatics and related standards in China

  • Yuhai Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Information, Fourth Military Medical University, Changle West Road 17#, Xi’an 710032, China
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  • Yongyong Xu

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Information, Fourth Military Medical University, Changle West Road 17#, Xi’an 710032, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 29 84774858; fax: +86 29 84774858.
  • ,
  • Lei Shang

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Information, Fourth Military Medical University, Changle West Road 17#, Xi’an 710032, China
  • ,
  • Keqin Rao

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Statistics Information, Ministry of Health, People's Republic of China, Beijing 100044, China

Received 3 July 2005 ,Revised 14 March 2006 ,Accepted 4 May 2006.

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PII: S1386-5056(06)00120-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.05.003

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 76, Issue 8 , Pages 614-620 , August 2007