Patient use of email for health care communication purposes across 14 European countries: An analysis of users according to demographic and health-related factors

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Newhouse, Nikki ^a,b   Lupiáñez Villanueva, Francisco ^c   Codagnone, Cristiano ^c,d   Atherton, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; E-MAIL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTRONIC MAIL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929668545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3700     Document Type: Article

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