title: Innovative health care delivery system--a questionnaire survey to evaluate the influence of behavioral factors on individuals' acceptance of telecare.
abstract: The purpose of this research is to explore people's intention to use telecare and evaluate the degree of influence that behavioral factors on individuals' acceptance of telecare. The subjects are residents of Taiwan. The Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique was used to analyze the forecasting model applied to telecare. The results show that this model has good explanatory power for the behavioral intentions of using telecare. Among factors influencing the behavioral intentions of using telecare, the strongest factor is attitude, followed by the perceived usefulness, the perceived ease of use, subjective norms, and personal innovativeness, respectively. The findings of this study may serve as a reference to future studies.
authors: Department of Health Business Administration, Hungkuang University, No.1018, Sec.6, Taiwan Blvd., Shalu Dist., Taichung City 43302, Taiwan, R.O.C. juichen@ms17.hinet.net
authors: Jui-Chen
authors: JC
authors: Huang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010358:Patient Participation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult