Investment subsidies and the adoption of electronic medical records in hospitals

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 309-319

  Dranove, David ^a   Garthwaite, Craig ^a,b   Li, Bingyang ^c   Ody, Christopher ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c International Arbitration and Litigation Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic medical records; Hospitals; Investment subsidies

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL SECTOR; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RECORD;

ADOPTION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH ECONOMICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAX; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949530453     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.10.001     Document Type: Article

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