Assessing health consumerism on the web: A demographic profile of information-seeking behaviors

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 251-258

  Lorence, Daniel P ^a   Park, Heeyoung ^a   Fox, Susannah ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pew Internet and American Life Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer; Digital divide; Digitally underserved group; Health information; Internet; Technology assessment; Web

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM;

ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747592577     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-005-9004-x     Document Type: Article

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