Characteristics associated with use of public and private web sites as sources of health care information: Results from a national survey

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-251

  Miller, Edward Alan ^a   West, Darrell M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; e health; Health information; Internet; Ownership

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847204699     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000244509.60556.49     Document Type: Review

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