Factors affecting electronic health information needs in primary care patients

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 724-728

  Vanagas, Giedrius ^a   Klimavičiute Gudauskiene, Rita ^a,b  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^b Kaunas Region Municipality Bureau of Public Health   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

e health; information management; telehealth

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL INVESTIGATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUMULATIVE NUMBER; E-HEALTH SERVICES; EHEALTH; ELECTRONIC HEALTH; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; HEALTHCARE PROCESS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; INFORMATION NEED; INTERNET USE; INTERNET USERS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ODDS RATIOS; PATIENT HEALTH; PRIMARY CARE; TELEHEALTH;

DISEASES; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; SURVEYS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

HEALTH;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84871348585     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2012.0031     Document Type: Article

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