Public awareness, perception, and use of online physician rating sites

JAMA

Volumn 311, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 734-735

  Hanauer, David A ^a   Zheng, Kai ^b   Singer, Dianne C ^c   Gebremariam, Achamyeleh ^c   Davis, Matthew M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE PHYSICIAN RATING SITE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK EXPERIENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894130235     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.283194     Document Type: Article

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