Effect of an evidence-based website on healthcare usage: an interrupted time-series study

2016122 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Wouter A Spoelman · Leiden University Medical Center

Tobias Bonten · Leiden University Medical Center

Margot W. M. de Waal · Leiden University Medical Center

Ton Drenthen · Dutch College of General Practitioners

Ivo Smeele · Dutch College of General Practitioners

Markus M. J. Nielen · Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research

Niels H. Chavannes

Abstract

Healthcare usage decreased by 12% after providing high-quality evidence-based online health information. These findings show that e-Health can be effective to improve self-management and reduce healthcare usage in times of increasing healthcare costs.

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Health Literacy and Information Accessibility Mobile Health and mHealth Applications Technology Adoption and User Behaviour

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Published in: BMJ Open

Volume 6, Issue 11, pp. e013166-e013166

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013166

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Effect of an evidence-based website on healthcare usage: an interrupted time-series study

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