Digital Health Marketing and Mobile Applications: A Neglected Priority in Iran’s Health Care System

Mohammad Jalilian; Mehran Rostami; Javid Zare

doi:10.5812/jhealthscope-132653

Digital Health Marketing and Mobile Applications: A Neglected Priority in Iran’s Health Care System

authors:

avatar Mohammad Jalilian ¹ , Mehran Rostami ² , Javid Zare ^{3
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1 Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran

2 Department of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

3 Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Health Scope: Vol.12, issue 1; e132653

published online: March 30, 2023

article type: Letter

received: October 25, 2022

revised: December 19, 2022

accepted: December 29, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/jhealthscope-132653

how to cite: Jalilian M, Rostami M, Zare J. Digital Health Marketing and Mobile Applications: A Neglected Priority in Iran’s Health Care System. Health Scope. 2023;12(1):e132653. https://doi.org/10.5812/jhealthscope-132653.

Keywords

Mobile Applications Health Care Stakeholders Digital Marketing

Footnotes

Authors' Contribution: M. J. and M. R. contributed to the development of the original idea. M.J., M.R. and J.Z. wrote the manuscript and revised it.
Conflict of Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests.
Ethical Approval: Given the anonymized and de-identified nature of the above manuscript, no informed consent was required for this letter.
Funding/Support: This letter received no specific grant from any funding agency in public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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