International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 9 , Pages 658-667 , September 2010

Economic gains from electronic message exchange: The importance of working procedures

  • Margrethe Aanesen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Economics, University of Tromso, Breivika, N-9037 Tromso, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +47 91858989.
    • ,
  • Mikko Moilanen

      Affiliations

    • Norut Tromso, Tromso Science Park, N-9294 Tromso, Norway
    • ,
  • Frank Olsen

      Affiliations

    • Norut Tromso, Tromso Science Park, N-9294 Tromso, Norway

Received 11 May 2009 ,Revised 26 May 2010 ,Accepted 14 June 2010.

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PII: S1386-5056(10)00115-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.06.004

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 9 , Pages 658-667 , September 2010

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