The impact of consumer health information on the demand for health services

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Dwyer, Debra Sabatini ^a   Liu, Hong ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Health care demand; Patient trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875385656     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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