Determinants of physicians' online medical services uptake: a cross-sectional study applying social ecosystem theory.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the determinants of willingness and practice of physicians' online medical services (OMS) uptake based on social ecosystem theory, so as to formulate OMS development strategies.

Design

Cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Research was conducted in two comprehensive hospitals and two community hospitals in Jiangsu, China, and the data were gathered from 1 June to 31 June 2020.

Participants

With multistage sampling, 707 physicians were enrolled in this study.

Outcome measure

Descriptive statistics were reported for the basic characteristics. χ² test, Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman's correlation analysis were used to perform univariate analysis. Linear regression and logistic regression were employed to examine the determina

SUBMITTER: Peng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8449954 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature