Decision support systems for choosing a primary health care provider in Sweden

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 342-347

  Ranerup, Agneta ^a   Norén, Lars ^a   Sparud Lundin, Carina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decision support; Internet; Patient choice; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SWEDEN;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84858070690     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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