Productivity of Information Systems in the Healthcare Industry

  • Authors:
  • Nirup M. Menon;Byungtae Lee;Leslie Eldenburg

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • Information Systems Research
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

This research paper analyzes the impact of information technology (IT)in a healthcare setting using a longitudinal sample of hospital data from 1976 to 1994. We classify production inputs into labor and capital categories. Capital is classified into three components--medical IT capital, medical capital, and IT capital--and labor is classified into two components, medical labor and IT labor. Results provide evidence that IT contributes positively to the production of services in the healthcare industry.