Superior medical resources or geographic proximity? The joint effects of regional medical resource disparity, geographic distance, and cultural differences on online medical consultation
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Online medical consultation; Regional medical resource disparity; Geographic distance; Cultural differences; Online-to-offline; Healthcare e-commerce;All these keywords.
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