ArticleTechnology in society2021
Factors that determine a Patient's willingness to physician selection in online healthcare communities: A trust theory perspective.
Article in Technology in society, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Extending Signaling Theory in Online Health Communities to Address Medical Information Asymmetry: Systematic Review With Narrative Synthesis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Online Medical Consultation Service-Oriented Recommendations: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Constructing a Conceptual Model for Measuring Physician-Patient Trust: Integrating Theory and Research.Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy · 2026Article
- Deciphering patient selection of physicians in online health communities: insights from a dual-path perspective.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Trust transfer from medical AI to doctors and hospitals: Integrating digital, AI, and scientific literacy in a cross-sectional framework.BMC medical ethics · 2025Article
- The Impact of Perceived Quality on Patients' Adoption and Usage of Online Health Consultations: An Empirical Study Based on Trust Theory.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Driving Online Healthcare Growth Amid the Digital Divide: How Trust in Professional Signals from Doctor Biographies Shapes Patient Decisions.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Communication Tapestry: Health Literacy Mediates Public Trust in Physician Health Information in Pakistani Public Hospitals.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Analysis of psychiatrists' internet service patterns: a cross-sectional study from China's largest online mental health platform.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- How is patient trust transferred from online medical platforms to offline?Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Exploring Client Preferences for Psychological Counselors in a Chinese Online Health Community: Longitudinal Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Article
- A Systematic Review of Online Medical Consultation Research.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Information literacy and intention to adopt e-pharmacy: a study based on trust and the theory of reasoned action.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Article
- Patient Engagement as Contributors in Online Health Communities: The Mediation of Peer Involvement and Moderation of Community Status.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Exploring Chinese Elderly's Trust in the Healthcare System: Empirical Evidence from a Population-Based Survey in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Changes in Doctor-Patient Relationships in China during COVID-19: A Text Mining Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Internal or External Word-of-Mouth (WOM), Why Do Patients Choose Doctors on Online Medical Services (OMSs) Single Platform in China?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Factors Associated with the Patient/Client Use of Report Cards, Physician Rating Websites, Social Media, and Google for Hospital and Physician Selection: A Nationwide Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Health care users and patients are increasingly using online health communities to seek medical service, especially during the COVID-19 epidemic. The factors that determine the online trust between physicians and patients perplex the stakeholders for a long time. Based on the trust theory, this study explored the influence of physicians' personal quality and online reputation on patients' selection. A longitudinal panel data collection exercise, covering 11905 physicians
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.