Health information and decision-making preferences in the internet age: A pilot study using the health information wants (HIW) questionnaire

IHI'10 - Proceedings of the 1st ACM International Health Informatics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 610-619

  Xie, Bo ^a   Wang, Mo ^a   Feldman, Robert ^b   Zhou, Le ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; health information; health information wants (hiw); instrument development; patient preferences

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES; DIAGNOSTIC DECISIONS; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH INFORMATION WANTS (HIW); HEALTH INFORMATIONS; INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT; INTERNET USE; LABORATORY TEST; MULTILEVEL MODELING; OLDER ADULTS; PARADIGM SHIFTS; PATIENT PREFERENCES; PATIENT-PROVIDER RELATIONSHIPS; PILOT STUDIES; PRELIMINARY DATA; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY; SELF-CARE;

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION USE; INSTRUMENTS; INTERNET; MEDICINE; SURVEYS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 78650970752     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1882992.1883090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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