Title :
The role of ICT, healthcare investment and eHealth policy in achieving millennium development goals: A cross-country comparison
Author :
Irawan, Yoke Saadia ; Koesoema, Allya P.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Inf., Inst. Teknol. Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia
Abstract :
This paper describes a country level study on the impact of ICT level development, healthcare expenditures and eHealth policy establishment to public health outcomes, specifically Infant and Maternal Mortality rate (IMR & MMR), which is a key part of the Millennium Development Goals. As one of the few large sample studies connecting ICT and public health, we complement empirical results from existing case studies and present interesting insights on how the effect of ICT level development, healthcare expenditures and eHealth policy establishment to these health outcomes are not independent, but contingent to each other.
Keywords :
health care; medical information systems; ICT level development; Millennium Development Goals; eHealth policy; health care expenditure; health care investment; health outcomes; infant and maternal mortality rate; information and communication technology; public health; Communications technology; Government; Investment; Pediatrics; Public finance; Public healthcare; Government health spending; Infant Mortality Rate; Maternal Mortality Rate; Millennium Development Goals; Quantitative Study; eHealth Policy;
Conference_Titel :
Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), 2015 9th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kamakura
DOI :
10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107509
