Public hospital quality report awareness: Evidence from national and Californian internet searches and social media mentions, 2012

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Huesch, Marco D ^a,b,c   Currid Halkett, Elizabeth ^a   Doctor, Jason N ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNET; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEARCH ENGINE; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES; AWARENESS; CALIFORNIA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SEEKING; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

AWARENESS; CALIFORNIA; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH REPORT; SEARCH ENGINE; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897538977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004417     Document Type: Article

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