Engineering perspectives on healthcare delivery: Can we afford technological innovation in healthcare?

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 573-582

  Rouse, William B ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordability; Complex systems; Economic models; Healthcare

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABILITY; CLINICAL PRACTICES; ECONOMIC MODELS; ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTHCARE DELIVERY; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

COSTS; HEALTH CARE; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MODELS;

COST ENGINEERING;

EID: 70349487353     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.991     Document Type: Article

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