Physicians in nonprimary care and small practices and those age 55 and older lag in adopting electronic health record systems

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1108-1114

  Decker, Sandra L ^a   Jamoom, Eric W ^a   Sisk, Jane E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMAGING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862494116     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.1121     Document Type: Article

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