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Difficulty in seeking information about health care quality and costs: The field of dreams fallacy |
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| Authors: | Kirby Goidel Ashley Kirzinger Margaret DeFleur Jason Turcotte |
| Affiliation: | 1. Manship School of Mass Communication & Department of Political Science, Public Policy Research Lab, Louisiana State University, 231 Stubbs Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States;2. Survey Research Office, University of Illinois-Springfield, Springfield, IL, United States;3. Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States |
| 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. |
| Keywords: | Online information seeking Health care quality Health care costs Choice in providers Satisfaction with care |
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