Seeking health information online: Does limited healthcare access matter?

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1113-1117

  Bhandari, Neeraj ^a   Shi, Yunfeng ^a   Jung, Kyoungrae ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929048015     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-002350     Document Type: Article

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