Optimizing the information outsourcing practices of primary care medical organizations using entropy and TOPSIS

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-201

  Hsu, Pi Fang ^a   Hsu, Mei Ghing ^a  

^a YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Delphi technique; Entropy; Medical information system; Outsourcing; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149123123     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-006-9040-8     Document Type: Article

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