The influence of payer mix on electronic health record adoption by physicians.

@article{Menachemi2007TheIO,
  title={The influence of payer mix on electronic health record adoption by physicians.},
  author={Nir Menachemi and Michael Matthews and Eric W. Ford and Robert G. Brooks},
  journal={Health care management review},
  year={2007},
  volume={32 2},
  pages={
          111-8
        }
}
BACKGROUND Numerous studies have examined the relationship between physician practice characteristics and electronic health record (EHR) adoption. Little is known about how payer mix influences physicians' decisions to implement EHR systems. PURPOSE This study examines how different proportions of Medicare, Medicaid, and privately insured patients in physicians' practices influence EHR adoption. METHODOLOGY Data from a large-scale survey of physician's use of information technologies in… 
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