Association of Use of Online Symptom Checkers With Patients' Plans for Seeking Care. JAMA Netw Open 2019 Dec 02;2(12):e1918561
Date
12/28/2019Pubmed ID
31880791Pubmed Central ID
PMC6991310DOI
10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.18561Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85077256883 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 40 CitationsAbstract
This cross-sectional study examines the association of patient use of a free online symptom checker tool with patient plans for seeking medical care.
Author List
Winn AN, Somai M, Fergestrom N, Crotty BHAuthors
Bradley H. Crotty MD Associate Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMelek Somai MD Assistant Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Compulsive BehaviorConsumer Health Information
Female
Health Literacy
Humans
Information Seeking Behavior
Male
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Patient Participation
Triage