The Impact of Internet Health Information on Patient Compliance: A Research Model and an Empirical Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients have been increasingly seeking and using Internet health information to become more active in managing their own health in a partnership with their physicians. This trend has both positive and negative effects on the interactions between patients and their physicians. Therefore, it is important to understand the impact that the increasing use of Internet health information has on the patient-physician relationship and patients' compliance with their treatment regimens.

Objective

This study examines the impact of patients' use of Internet health information on various elements that characterize the interactions between a patient and her/his physician through a theoretical model based on principal-agent theory and the information asymmetry perspective.

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SUBMITTER: Laugesen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4526934 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature