Can telemedicine help integrate the referral-based healthcare system? An economic and operational analysis

• Xuejing Cao,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Business, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9027-0543

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• Guohao Li,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

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• Heng Zhao

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: 2010113@tongji.edu.cn

  Affiliation School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0130-620X

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