Assessment of web-based consumer reviews as a resource for drug performance

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Adusumalli, Swarnaseetha ^a   Lee, Huey Tyng ^a   Hoi, Qiangze ^a   Koo, Si Lin ^b   Tan, Iain Beehuat ^a,b,c   Ng, Pauline Crystal ^a  

^a GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Consumer drug reviews; Online drug ratings; Online health websites; WebMD

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERNET; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PUBLICATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PUBLICATIONS;

EID: 84940645757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4396     Document Type: Article

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