How do healthcare consumers process and evaluate comparative healthcare information? A qualitative study using cognitive interviews

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Damman, Olga C ^a   Hendriks, Michelle ^a   Rademakers, Jany ^a   Delnoij, Diana M J ^b,c   Groenewegen, Peter P ^a,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Centre for Consumer Experience in Health Care   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 72449175212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-423     Document Type: Article

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