Physician EHR Adoption and Potentially Preventable Hospital Admissions among Medicare Beneficiaries: Panel Data Evidence, 2010–2013

Health Services Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2056-2075

  Lammers, Eric J ^a   McLaughlin, Catherine G ^a   Barna, Michael ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulatory care sensitive conditions; EHR; Electronic health record; health IT; hospitalizations; meaningful use; readmissions

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; AMBULATORY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARKET; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; MEDICARE; MODEL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; RACE; STUDY DESIGN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84995445025     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12586     Document Type: Article

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