Blunting damocles' sword: A longitudinal model of healthcare it impact on malpractice insurance premium and quality of patient care

Information Systems Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 918-932

  Menon, Nirup M ^a   Kohli, Rajiv ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Raymond A Mason School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Business value of IT; Dynamic panel model; Hospital; Organizational risk

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALS; INSURANCE; INVESTMENTS;

BUSINESS VALUE OF IT; CURRENT QUALITY; DYNAMIC PANELS; FIRM PROFITABILITIES; INSURANCE PREMIUMS; LONGITUDINAL MODELS; MODERATING EFFECT; SERVICE QUALITY;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84891770665     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.2013.0484     Document Type: Article

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