Effect of Health Information Technology Expenditure on Patient Level Cost / 대한의료정보학회지
Healthcare Informatics Research
;
: 215-221, 2013.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-167416
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
This study investigate the effect of health information technology (IT) expenditure on individual patient-level cost using California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) data obtained from 2000 to 2007.METHODS:
We used a traditional cost function and applied hospital fixed effect and clustered error within hospitals.RESULTS:
We found that a quadratic function of IT expenditure best fit the data. The quadratic function in IT expenditure predicts a decrease in cost of up to US$1,550 of IT labor per bed, US$27,909 of IT capital per bed, and US$28,695 of all IT expenditure per bed. Moreover, we found that IT expenditure reduced costs more quickly in medical conditions than surgical diseases.CONCLUSIONS:
Interest in health IT is increasing more than ever before. Many studies examined the effect of health IT on hospital level cost. However, there have been few studies to examine the relationship between health IT expenditure and individual patient-level cost. We found that IT expenditure was associated with patient cost. In particular, we found a quadratic relationship between IT expenditure and patient-level cost. In other word, patient-level cost is non-linearly (or a polynomial of second-order degree) related to IT expenditure.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Medical Informatics
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California
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Health Expenditures
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Health Planning
Type of study:
Health economic evaluation
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Healthcare Informatics Research
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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