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Lorence, Daniel P.; Spink, Amanda – Information Processing & Management, 2003
Reports results from a national study into the perceived variation reported by health information managers related to the relevance-efficiency trade-offs of information classification across regions and practice settings. Findings suggest that due to major regional variation, stringent national information standards may be counterproductive for…
Descriptors: Classification, Coding, Health Services, Information Retrieval