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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

An Investigation of the Physician Search Process and Its Relationship to Perceived Illness Acuity (Health Care, Marketing)

Abstract

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Subject. An understanding of the search process patients go through when locating a physician can help health-care professionals better understand the information needs of their patients. This understanding can help practitioners compete more successfully in the increasingly competitive health-care market. More importantly, it can help practitioners provide more useful information to their patients.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Speech Communication
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • King, Karen Whitehill

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8623342
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/77289

Chain of custody

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www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh
Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

King, Karen Whitehill. An Investigation of the Physician Search Process and Its Relationship to Perceived Illness Acuity (Health Care, Marketing). Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/77289