Moser Patrizia L, Hauffe Heinz, Lorenz Ingo H, Hager Martina, Tiefenthaler Werner, Lorenz Helene M, Mikuz Gregor, Soegner Peter, Kolbitsch Christian
Department of Pathology, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
J Telemed Telecare. 2004;10(2):72-7. doi: 10.1258/135763304773391495.
The MEDLINE database was used to survey the period January 1964 to July 2003 for the number of publications relating to telemedicine (n = 5911), as well as their distribution by country (n = 42). Publications per million inhabitants were then correlated with each country's population density, gross national product, human development index (HDI) and number of PCs per 1000 inhabitants. Telemedicine publications made up 0.05% of all medical publications cited in MEDLINE. American and European countries along with others classified as industrialized produced 97% of all telemedicine publications. In terms of publications per million inhabitants, Norway and Finland took the lead. There were significant correlations between telemedicine publications per capita and HDI (r = -0.60), number of PCs per 1000 inhabitants (r = 0.73) and gross national product per capita (r = 0.69), but not population density (r = -0.12).
利用MEDLINE数据库检索1964年1月至2003年7月期间与远程医疗相关的出版物数量（n = 5911），以及按国家分类的分布情况（n = 42）。然后将每百万居民的出版物数量与每个国家的人口密度、国民生产总值、人类发展指数（HDI）以及每千名居民的个人电脑数量进行关联。远程医疗出版物占MEDLINE引用的所有医学出版物的0.05%。美国、欧洲国家以及其他被归类为工业化国家的国家产出了所有远程医疗出版物的97%。就每百万居民的出版物数量而言，挪威和芬兰领先。人均远程医疗出版物与HDI（r = -0.60）、每千名居民的个人电脑数量（r = 0.73）和人均国民生产总值（r = 0.69）之间存在显著相关性，但与人口密度（r = -0.12）不存在显著相关性。
