Association between acute medical exacerbations and consuming or producing web-based health information: Analysis from pew survey data

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages e145-

  Gidwani, Risha ^a,b,c   Zulman, Donna ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA Center for Innovation to Implementation   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergencies; Health knowledge, attitudes, practice; Hospitalization; Internet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CELL PHONES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLICATIONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84936760369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3801     Document Type: Article

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