Determinants of adoption of Mobile Healthcare Service

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 298-315

  Lin, Shu Ping ^a  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acms; Asthma care mobile service; Hbm; Health Belief Model; Innovativeness; MHS; Mobile communication; Mobile Healthcare Service; Tam; Technology Acceptance Model

Indexed keywords

ACMS; ASTHMA CARE MOBILE SERVICE; HBM; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; INNOVATIVENESS; MHS; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE HEALTH CARE; TAM; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL;

COMPETITION; DATA REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 79958709535     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2011.040608     Document Type: Article

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