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What answers does the Internet provide for patients in Ireland with questions about generic medicines?

Authors :
Dunne, Suzanne S
Cummins, Niamh M
Hannigan, Ailish
Shannon, Bill
Cullen, Walter
Dunne, Colum P
Source :
Journal of Generic Medicines; Sep2013, Vol. 10 Issue 3/4, p205-213, 9p
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

The article presents a study which aims at assessing information on generic medicines that a searcher in Ireland is likely to find online. It notes the completion of Internet searches using a computer with an Irish Internet protocol address and the identification of correlations between readability statistics and Google search engine results page ranking. It reveals that none of the websites demonstrated the desired combination of scoring highly for both quality of information and readability.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
17411343
Volume :
10
Issue :
3/4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of Generic Medicines
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
99894532
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/1741134314542542