Adoption of information technology in primary care physician offices in New Zealand and Denmark, part 1: Healthcare system comparisons

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-187

  Protti, Denis J ^a   Bowden, Tom ^b   Johansen, Ib ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b TCS (NZ) Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c Danish Health Data Network   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Access and evaluation; Comparisons; Computerised; Danish health care system; Healthcare quality; Medical informatics; Medical records systems; New Zealand health care system; Out of hours services; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NEW ZEALAND; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENMARK; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 60549097097     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v16i3.692     Document Type: Article

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