A cross-national analysis of eHealth in the European Union: Some policy and research directions

Wendy Currie () and Jonathan J.M. Seddon
Additional contact information
Wendy Currie: Audencia Recherche - Audencia Business School
Jonathan J.M. Seddon: Audencia Recherche - Audencia Business School

Post-Print from HAL

Abstract: This study analyzes the relationship among eHealth profiles across 27 European Union Member States. It builds on prior research that uses multivariate statistical methods to provide a cross-country analysis on two dimensions: ICT penetration and availability compared with eHealth access and usage among health professionals. Based on the quantitative indicators/metrics used in our study, our results reveal that four distinct country groupings emerge as frontrunners, followers, leapfroggers and laggards. Frontrunners combine a strong ICT infrastructure with relatively high adoption of eHealth technologies. Our study suggests that a one-size-fits-all approach to health IT is not recommended for EU Member States because policy-makers at the national level need to develop an eHealth roadmap that reflects national, regional and local conditions that go beyond technical imperatives.

Date: 2014
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (8)

Published in Information and Management, 2014, 51 (6), pp.783-797. ⟨10.1016/j.im.2014.04.004⟩

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01069994

DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2014.04.004

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Post-Print from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD ().