Is health information technology investment related to the financial performance of US hospitals? An exploratory analysis

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 48-58

  Parente, Stephen T ^a   Dunbar, Jennifer L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Project HOPE Center for Health Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

capital investment; financial performance; hospital; information systems; Information technology; total and operating margin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347162173     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: 17415144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2001.001104     Document Type: Article

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