title: Consumers' use of the internet for health information.
abstract: Although health information is one of the most frequently sought subjects on the Internet, little research has been performed in this area. This study was designed to examine the use of the Internet for health information by the consumers. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of 212 consumers who were using health care. Only small percentages of the consumers accessed the Internet for health information. This result indicates that different marketing strategies based on geographic characteristics should be developed for consumers who wish to get health care information.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Chung Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Hee
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Yom
authors.forename: Jung Ae
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Yee
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007723:Korea; D008490:Medical Informatics; D014584:User-Computer Interface