The association between patient activation and accessing online health information: Results from a national survey of US adults

Health Expectations

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3262-3273

  Smith, Samuel G ^a,b   Pandit, Anjali ^a   Rush, Steven R ^c   Wolf, Michael S ^a   Simon, Carol ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d OPTUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer activation; Health information; Patient activation; Personal health records

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955214947     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12316     Document Type: Article

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