The Digital Divide and Health Disparities in China: Evidence From a National Survey and Policy Implications.

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Published in J Med Internet Res on September 11, 2017

Authors

Yan Hong1, Zi Zhou2, Ya Fang2, Leiyu Shi3

Author Affiliations

1: School of Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX, United States. yhong@sph.tamhsc.edu.
2: School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
3: Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.

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