The effects of health IT adoption on hospital readmission reduction : Evidence from U.S. Panel data
Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works (RGC: 12, 32, 41, 45) › 32_Refereed conference paper (with ISBN/ISSN) › peer-review
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Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2019 |
Publisher | IEEE Computer Society |
Pages | 6687-6696 |
Volume | 2019-January |
ISBN (Print) | 9780998133126 |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences |
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Volume | 2019-January |
ISSN (Print) | 1530-1605 |
Conference
Title | 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2019 |
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Place | United States |
City | Maui |
Period | 8 - 11 January 2019 |
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Abstract
U.S. government subsidies under the HITECH Act of 2009 have boosted hospitals' IT investments, which are expected to improve the quality of care as well as the effectiveness of healthcare management. Given the rush to adopt health information technology (HIT) throughout the continuum of care across healthcare providers, this study tries to identify the spillover effects of HIT adoption on quality of care. Using 1,965 U.S. hospital data in 232 health referral regions (HRRs), we examine how a hospital's and its neighboring hospitals' HIT adoptions interact with each other and how they impact readmission rates. We find that a hospital's readmission rate is reduced by both its own and neighbors' HIT adoption. Such effects become greater along with the focal hospital's own adoption. We further investigate how spillover effects vary with HRRs' different market structures and hospitals' meaningful-use status. Our findings offer theoretical and managerial insights for both healthcare researchers and practitioners.
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Citation Format(s)
The effects of health IT adoption on hospital readmission reduction : Evidence from U.S. Panel data. / Park, Yongjin; Bang, Youngsok; Kwon, Juhee.
Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2019. Vol. 2019-January IEEE Computer Society, 2019. p. 6687-6696 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences; Vol. 2019-January).Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works (RGC: 12, 32, 41, 45) › 32_Refereed conference paper (with ISBN/ISSN) › peer-review