Electronic data interchange usage in China's healthcare organizations: The case of Beijing's hospitals

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 507-522

  Liang, Huigang ^a   Xue, Yajiong ^b   Byrd, Terry Anthony ^c   Rainer Jr , R Kelly ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breadth; Depth; Diversity; Electronic data interchange; Hospital; Volume

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUSINESS TO CONSUMER (B2C) MODELS; INSURANCE COMPANIES;

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE;

EID: 7744234381     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2004.08.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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