Although there is a general trend of aging as the expected longitude increase for human being, the
developing countries which, according to the report of WHO, have grown old even before grow rich
face a more challenging state than the developed countries. These countries, especially their rural parts,
are less likely to adapt to the aging trend with relatively smaller medical budget, less developed
professional training of care takers, and a lack of public awareness of prevention and treatment of
geriatric disease.(Organization, Health, Promotion, & Course, 2011) On the other hand, it indicates a
big stage for distant medical service to play because of its lower cost of implementation and
effectiveness in controlling the overall medical expenditure given such service would help to prevent
and control at a earlier stage of disease. Therefore in developing countries like China and for
population like the older citizen who has less mobility, online healthcare information platform is
expected to play a much more important role than in developed countries. At the same time,
experienced can be borrowed from investigations and installations of online platform of health
information designed for the older population where they usually serve as a supplement to the primary
health care facility in developed countries like UK. / published_or_final_version / Library and Information Management / Master / Master of Science in Library and Information Management
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:HKU/oai:hub.hku.hk:10722/174396 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Liu, Jie, 刘捷 |
| Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
| Source Sets | Hong Kong University Theses |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | PG_Thesis |
| Source | http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47469390 |
| Rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works., Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License |
| Relation | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) |
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