Enhancing efficiency in the health care industry

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 107-110

  Kedyea, Stephan ^a   Hamar, G Brent ^b   Gandy, William M ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HEALTHWAYS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; PREDICTIVE MODEL; RISK STRATIFICATION; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT;

COSTS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33745200729     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 00010782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1101779.1101785     Document Type: Review

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