Understanding patient e-loyalty toward online health care services

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-70

  Martínez Caro, Eva ^a   Cegarra Navarro, Juan Gabriel ^a   Solano Lorente, Marcelina ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

E loyalty intent; end users; health care; patient; satisfaction; Technology Acceptance Model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; PUBLIC RELATIONS; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL;

EID: 84871668137     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e31824b1c6b     Document Type: Article

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