Economic analysis of order communication system for hospitals / 예방의학회지
Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine
;
: 473-484, 1991.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-216249
ABSTRACT
Hospitals have been very susceptable to changes in external environment. Accordingly, they have been experiencing great financial difficulty due to low insurance rates and increasing competition. As a remedy, hospitals have attempted to use computer in a strategic manner. Such system is called strategic information system (SIS) , and order communication system (OCS) is an example of SIS in hospital setting. While OCS has known to be effective in reducing waiting time for outpatients, many hospitals are reluctant to introduce this system mainly because there are no real data or methods for justifying the cost of the system. Cost-benefit analysis has been traditionally used for such purpose, but this method deals with limited portion of benefits and therefore not very useful for analyzing the economic feasibility of SIS. In this paper, information economics tools which expand cost with value was used to analyze the economic feasibility of OCS. To assist the analysis, financial simulation model was developed using simulation package, called IFPS (Interactive Financial Planning System).
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Main subject:
Outpatients
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Information Systems
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Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Insurance
Type of study:
Health economic evaluation
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine
Year:
1991
Type:
Article
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