How users adopt healthcare information: An empirical study of an online Q&A community

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 86, Issue , 2016, Pages 91-103

  Jin, Jiahua ^a   Yan, Xiangbin ^a   Li, Yijun ^a   Li, Yumei ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Emotional support; Healthcare information adoption; Online healthcare community; User generated content

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ONLINE SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

DUAL-PROCESS THEORIES; EMOTIONAL SUPPORTS; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIORS; LOGISTICS REGRESSIONS; ONLINE HEALTHCARE COMMUNITIES; TEXT MINING TECHNIQUES; USER-GENERATED CONTENT;

DATA MINING;

ADOPTION; ANTECEDENT VARIABLE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; EMOTION; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SEEKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL MEDIA; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION;

DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84955344839     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2015.11.002     Document Type: Article

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