Explaining plateaued diffusion by combining the user-IT-success factors (USIT) and adopter categories: the case of electronic prescription systems for general practitioners

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 303-318

  Schuring, Roel W ^a   Spil, Ton A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

decision support system; electronic prescription; Innovation diffusion; plateaued diffusion; primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344667777     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: 17415144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijhtm.2002.001145     Document Type: Article

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