The Effect of IT Capital on Hospital Efficiency
Posted: 28 Jun 2007
Abstract
The academic literature on hospital information technology is relatively sparse despite its important implications for hospital management, with only limited empirical evidence linking implementation of hospital IT systems with improvements in health care quality, financial and operational performance. This study aims to corroborate the observational evidence by using a cost function estimation approach to examine the impact of IT capital investments on hospital cost efficiency.
Keywords: health information technology, administrative applications, clinical applications
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Housman, Michael Gene and Hitt, Lorin M. and Elo, Kinga Zsuzsanna and Beard, Nicolas, The Effect of IT Capital on Hospital Efficiency. iHEA 2007 6th World Congress: Explorations in Health Economics Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=993008 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.993008
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