Predictors of ehealth usage: Insights on the digital divide from the health information national trends survey 2012

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Kontos, Emily ^a   Blake, Kelly D ^b   Chou, Wen Ying Sylvia ^b   Prestin, Abby ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication barriers; Consumer health information; Health communication; Internet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEMEDICINE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906276391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3117     Document Type: Article

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