An empirical investigation of integration in healthcare alliance networks

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-127

  Thrasher, Evelyn H ^a   Craighead, Christopher W ^b   Byrd, Terry Anthony ^c  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic survey methods; Empirical research; Healthcare; Healthcare alliance network; Partial Least Squares; Theory testing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC SURVEY; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; IT INTEGRATION; NETWORK INTEGRATION; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES; RESEARCH NEEDS; THEORY TESTING; VALUE OF INFORMATION;

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTEGRATION; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78049464160     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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