Forecasting the use of electronic health records: An expert opinion approach

Medicare and Medicaid Research Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Blavin, Fredric Evan ^a   Buntin, Melinda Beeuwkes ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy politics law regulation; Incentives in health care; Information technology; Medicare medicaid; Primary care; Program evaluation; Qualitative research; Technology adoption diffusion use

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; DELPHI STUDY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885767644     PISSN: 21590354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5600/mmrr.003.02.a02     Document Type: Article

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