Innovative health care delivery system - A questionnaire survey to evaluate the influence of behavioral factors on individuals' acceptance of telecare

The purpose of this research is to explore people's intention to use telecare and evaluate the degree of influence that behavioral factors on individuals' acceptance of telecare. The subjects are residents of Taiwan. The Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique was used to analyze the forecasting model applied to telecare. The results show that this model has good explanatory power for the behavioral intentions of using telecare. Among factors influencing the behavioral intentions of using telecare, the strongest factor is attitude, followed by the perceived usefulness, the perceived ease of use, subjective norms, and personal innovativeness, respectively. The findings of this study may serve as a reference to future studies.

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