Physicians' characteristics in the usage of online database: A representative nationwide survey of regional hospitals in Taiwan

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 127-135

  Chiu, Ya Wen ^a   Weng, Yi Hao ^b   Lo, Heng Lien ^a   Ting, Hsien Wei ^c   Hsu, Chih Cheng ^a   Shih, Ya Hui ^a   Kuo, Ken N ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Internet; Physician

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIANS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69249145650     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538150903102372     Document Type: Article

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