Difficulty in seeking information about health care quality and costs: The field of dreams fallacy Academic Article

abstract

• While government agencies and health organizations have increased efforts to provide online information about health care quality and costs, we know little about whether individuals seek out or understand this information. Using results from a Louisiana telephone survey (N= 1030), we examine intent to use a website devoted to information about health care quality and costs and self-reported difficulty in finding this information. Intent to use a website is driven primarily by prior Internet use while difficulty in learning about health care quality is associated with greater choice in health care providers and dissatisfaction with current care. 2013 Western Social Science Association.

authors

• Goidel, Robert

published proceedings

• SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL

altmetric score

• 0.75

author list (cited authors)

• Goidel, K., Kirzinger, A., DeFleur, M., & Turcotte, J.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• Goidel, Kirby||Kirzinger, Ashley||DeFleur, Margaret||Turcotte, Jason

publication date

• December 2013

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• The Social Science Journal  Journal

keywords

• Choice In Providers
• Health Care Costs
• Health Care Quality
• Online Information Seeking
• Satisfaction With Care

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.soscij.2013.09.001

start page

• 418

end page

• 425

volume

• 50

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2013.09.001

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being