Electronic medical records and cost efficiency in hospital medical-surgical units

Inquiry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-123

  Furukawa, Michael F ^a   Raghu, T S ^a   Shao, Benjamin B M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DOCUMENTATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957013970     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_47.02.110     Document Type: Article

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