Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
- Volume 34 Issue 4
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- Pages.389-398
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- 2001
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- 1975-8375(pISSN)
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- 2233-4521(eISSN)
Information Searching Behavior of Health Care Consumers by Sociodemographic Characteristics
의료소비자들의 인구사회학적 특성에 따른 정보탐색 행태분석
- Chae, Yoo-Mi (Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical College of Ewha Womans University) ;
- Cho, Woo-Hyun (Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical College of Yonsei University) ;
- Lee, Sun-Hee (Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical College of Ewha Womans University)
- Published : 2001.12.01
Abstract
Objectives : To investigate the information searching behavior of health care consumers according to sociodemographic characteristics. Methods : A questionnaire survey was conducted of 1,507 persons who were selected through a multi-stage stratified area cluster sampling of the Republic of Korea, excluding the province of Jeiu-do. Personal were conducted through a door-to-door survey between 27 July and 10 August 1999. Results : 80.5% of respondents used more than one source of information and those