Computerized health information and the demand for medical care

Value in Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-39

  Wagner, Todd H ^a,b   Jimison, Holly B ^c  

^a Palo Alto Veteran Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Information; Interactive health communication; Internet; Medical utilization; Self care information

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONSULTATION; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037283684     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4733.2003.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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