How to Self-Disclose? The Impact of Patients’ Linguistic Features on Doctors’ Service Quality in Online Health Communities

In online medical consultations, patients convey their medical condition through self-disclosure, and the linguistic features of this disclosure, as signals, may significantly impact doctors’ diagnostic behavior and service quality. Based on signaling theory, this paper collects consultation data fr...

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Main Authors: Mengyuan Peng, Kaixuan Zhu, Yadi Gu, Xuejie Yang, Kaixiang Su, Dongxiao Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-03-01
Series:Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/0718-1876/20/2/56
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