Peer Adoption and Development of Health Innovations by Patients: National Representative Study of 6204 Citizens.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:There is growing evidence that many patients and caregivers innovate by developing new solutions to cope with their health disorders. Given the easy access to vast internet resources and peers globally, it is increasingly important to understand what may influence user innovation and its adoption in health for improving individual well-being and ensuring their safety, in particular, how interactions with peers and physicians or search behavior, along with sociodemographics, may influence the decision to develop a solution or adopt one developed by a peer. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this paper was to study the development and peer-to-peer adoption of user innovations in health care and identify individual-level factors associated with these processes. METHODS:Data were collected via co

SUBMITTER: Oliveira P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6454339 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature