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	Title:	Quality drivers for e-pharmaceuticals system management: a theoretical framework
	Author:	David P. Cook, Jimmie L. Joseph, Russell S. Morton
	Address:	College of Business and Public Administration, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA. ' College of Business Administration, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA. ' School of Business and Economics, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC 27110, USA
	Journal:	International Journal of Electronic Business 2004 - Vol. 2, No.2  pp. 174 - 192
	Abstract:	Approximately 41 million US adults currently use the internet for healthcare, and approximately 4.6 million have used the internet to make an e-pharmaceuticals or health and beauty product category purchase. Increased data access, to the general public, has given rise to a class of sophisticated medical goods and services consumers. Exposure to e-commerce has supplanted the novelty of purchasing online with a desire for a quality purchasing experience comparable with, or superior to, offline healthcare encounters. With experienced and sophisticated consumers, quality is essential for e-marketplace success. This paper examines the components of service quality to provide a framework for guiding e-pharmacy development and evaluation.
	Keywords:	e-commerce; e-healthcare; framework; reliability; service quality; e-pharmacy; e-pharmaceuticals; health and beauty products; electronic healthcare; electronic commerce; electronic pharmacy; electronic pharmaceuticals.
	DOI:	10.1504/IJEB.2004.005025
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