The determinants of home healthcare robots adoption: An empirical investigation

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 825-840

  Alaiad, Ahmad ^a   Zhou, Lina ^a  

^a Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging technologies; Healthcare delivery; Home healthcare; Robots; Technology adoption; UTAUT model

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE; ROBOTS;

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; HEALTHCARE DELIVERY; HOME HEALTHCARE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; UTAUT MODELS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ACCEPTANCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOME HEALTHCARE ROBOT; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERFORMANCE; PRIVACY; REMINDER SYSTEM; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORY; TRUST; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; ROBOTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84908095292     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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