The strategic role of ICT in the competition between public and private health care sectors in the Nordic welfare societies-case of Finland

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 1926-1935

  Suomi, R ^a   Tahkapaa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business; Communications technology; Costs; Information systems; Investments; Legislation; Medical services; Privatization; Public healthcare; Security

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PRIVATIZATION;

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; COMPETITIVE POSITION; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTHCARES; SECURITY; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84948681869     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2002.994112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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