Measuring value for money: A scoping review on economic evaluation of health information systems

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 792-801

  Bassi, Jesdeep ^a   Lau, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MEDLINE; MONEY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY CONTROL; STUDY DESIGN; TELEHEALTH; TELEMEDICINE;

ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; VALUE FOR MONEY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED;

EID: 84882796569     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001422     Document Type: Article

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