Peer Adoption and Development of Health Innovations by Patients: National Representative Study of 6204 Citizens

Conclusions: This paper demonstrates the importance of the peer community, doctor-patient relationship, citizen’s search for information on innovation, and individual attitudes toward peer-to-peer adoption in health care. It stresses the need for a reliable Web-based health-related information and the necessity to deeper understand complex relationships between the need to improve health and fulfill the need and the perception of the health care system.
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - Category: General Medicine Authors: Source Type: research