Choosing the right amount of healthcare information technologies investments

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 225-231

  Meyer, Rodolphe ^a,c   Degoulet, Patrice ^b,c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Econometrics; Healthcare information technologies; Investments; Production function

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE LEVELS; DATA SETS; ECONOMETRICS; FINANCIAL IMPACTS; HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; HI-TECH; PRODUCTION FUNCTION; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS;

ECONOMICS; ELASTICITY; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

INVESTMENTS;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL FINANCE; INCOME; INVESTMENT; LABOR; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FRANCE; INVESTMENTS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 77549086361     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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