Questionnaire survey of California consumers' use and rating of sources of health care information including the Internet

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 302-305

  Pennbridge, Julia ^a   Moya, Rita ^a   Rodrigues, Lakeshia ^a  

^a National Health Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CALIFORNIA; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033218798     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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