Impact of Health Information Exchange Adoption on Referral Patterns

The authors are grateful to the Department Editor, the Associate Editor, and the reviewers for their insightful comments and suggestions that have significantly contributed to this paper. They also extend their sincere thanks to Michael Dambra of the State University of New York at Buffalo, Hamed Ghahremani of the University of New Orleans, Hamid Vahidnia of Texas Tech University, Ziia Hydari of the University of Pittsburgh, and Tom A.B. Snijders of the University of Groningen and the University of Oxford for their excellent comments and helpful suggestions. The results presented in this research rely on publicly available data sources provided by HEALTHeLINK of Western New York and CMS.