The impact of internet health information on patient compliance: A research model and an empirical study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages e143-

  Laugesen, John ^a   Hassanein, Khaled ^b   Yuan, Yufei ^b  

^a SHERIDAN COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumer health; Information asymmetry; Internet health information; Patient compliance; Patient physician concordance; Physician quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936767428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4333     Document Type: Article

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