Paper Info
Title
Determinants of Consumer eHealth Information Seeking Behavior.
Abstract
Patients are increasingly using the Internet and other technologies to engage in their own healthcare, but little research has focused on the determinants of consumer eHealth behaviors related to Internet use. This study uses data from 115,089 respondents to four years of the National Health Interview Series to identify the associations between one consumer eHealth behavior (information seeking) and demographics, health measures, and Personal Health Information Management (PHIM) (messaging, scheduling, refills, and chat). Individuals who use PHIM are 7.5 times more likely to search the internet for health related information. Just as health has social determinants, the results of this study indicate there are potential social determinants of consumer eHealth behaviors including personal demographics, health status, and healthcare access.
Year
Venue
Field
2015
AMIA
Health care,Telemedicine,Information management,World Wide Web,Internet privacy,Information seeking behavior,Information seeking,eHealth,Medicine,Social determinants of health,The Internet
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Conference
2015
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ryan H. Sandefer100.68
Bonnie Westra21810.57
Saif S. Khairat312.73
David S. Pieczkiewicz4164.64
Stuart M. Speedie512918.62