• DocumentCode
    619227
  • Title

    The effect of demographic characteristics towards intention to adopt healthcare services of digital home

  • Author

    Fikry, Amily ; Hussein, Zuhal ; Yusob, Rizal

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Bus. Manage., Univ. Teknol. MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    7-9 April 2013
  • Firstpage
    34
  • Lastpage
    37
  • Abstract
    This study aims to diagnose the significant differences between the Malaysian demographic profile and intention to adopt healthcare services in digital home. By using two stage experiment involving 105 respondents who resides in Malacca, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor has been selected for this study, 105 questionnaires were distributed to respondents before and after the exposure to healthcare services materials (slides, bunting and pamphlet). The results of the study revealed that there is a significant difference between educational level and intention to adopt health care services in digital home. Thus, it is suggested that educational level should be given some consideration in future research efforts. The research and practical implications of these results are discussed and opportunities for future research are provided.
  • Keywords
    demography; health care; home automation; Kuala Lumpur; Malacca; Malaysian demographic profile; Selangor; demographic characteristics effect; digital home; educational level; healthcare services adoption; healthcare services materials; Abstracts; Communities; Computers; Games; Home automation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Business Engineering and Industrial Applications Colloquium (BEIAC), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Langkawi
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5967-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BEIAC.2013.6560144
  • Filename
    6560144