An Empirical Study of Online Supports among Patients

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How Doctors Gain Social and Economic Returns in Online Health-Care Communities: A Professional Capital Perspective (2017, background): “Several studies have confirmed the significant potential of the Internet generally, and in OHCs particularly, for improving people’s lives [2, 28, 35, 58, 75]; however, most studies have been conducted from the perspective of patients.”
Advances in Social Media Research: Past, Present and Future (2017, background): “Yan and Tan (2014) propose a partially observed Markov decision process model to find sufficient evidence suggesting emotional support is most significant in improving patient health.”
Risk, trust, and the interaction of perceived ease of use and behavioral control in predicting consumers' use of social media for transactions (2018, neutral): “…including accounting for risks associated with self-disclosure and risk averse behavior on social networks (Aral, Dellarocas, & Godes, 2013; Benson, Saridakis, & Tennakoon, 2015; Chen, De, & Yu, 2015; Ha & Stoel, 2009; Souza & Dick, 2009; Xu, Ryan, Prybutok, & Wen, 2012; Yan & Tan, 2014).”