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 Proportion of hospitals practicing telemedicine activities (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Proportion of hospitals practicing telemedicine activities (%) by Type (telemedicine activity - 2008); Biennial
Regularity Biennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Survey on ICT usage in hospitals
First available period 2004
Last available period 2008
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
  • Type (telemedicine activity - 2008)
Concepts
  • HOSPITAL:  Health establishment with both in and out-patient care, and endowed with diagnostic and therapeutical resources, with the purpose of providing the population with healing and rehabilitation medical assistance. It is also qualified for preventing disease, health care teaching and scientific research.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • TELEMEDICINE:  Broadly speaking, applying Information and Communication Technology to the 3 tasks traditionally performed by physicians and other health care professionals ' medical assistance, teaching and biomedical research. Strictly speaking, it involves delivering health care when the intervening parties are physically or temporarily absent.
Formule [Hospitals practicing telemedicine activities (Type of activity)/ Hospitals practicing telemedicine activities]*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 30/11/2009


information presented in 31/10/2025