Health care costs associated with changing clinics and "walk-in" deliveries: evidence supporting a regionalized health information network

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 707.e1-707.e8

  Shaw, Kathryn J ^a   Gutierrez, Michelle ^a   Fridman, Moshe ^b   Gregory, Kimberly D ^c  

^a White Memorial Medical Center   (United States)

^b AMF Consulting   (United States)

^c BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

continuity of prenatal care; cost effectiveness of electronic medical record; duplication of services; quality of care; regional health information organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 44649101992     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.03.035     Document Type: Article

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