亚洲社会药学 ›› 2022, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (3): 268-280.

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Analysis of Factors Affecting Online Drug Purchase – Based on Factor Analysis

  

  • 出版日期:2022-09-25 发布日期:2022-09-22

Analysis of Factors Affecting Online Drug Purchase – Based on Factor Analysis

  • Online:2022-09-25 Published:2022-09-22

摘要: Objective To explore the factors affecting consumers’ online drug purchases, and construct models of these factors to provide references for the development and popularization of online pharmacies. Methods Through searching, classifying, integrating, and extracting evaluation indexes of online pharmacies in literature, the indexes of factors affecting online drug purchases were initially established. Then SPSS24.0 was used for data analysis, and finally factor analysis was applied for screening and combining the indexes. Results and Conclusion A model of influencing factors for online drug purchases is set up with 4 factors and 14 indexes. Convenient service is the most important factor affecting online drug purchases. Highly educated young people prefer to buy drugs online. At present, online drug purchase is only a supplement to the purchase of drugs in offline pharmacies, and the penetration rate is not high. Online pharmacies should give full play to their advantages in terms of drug types, prices, logistics and after-sales services to make online drug purchases more mainstream.

关键词: online pharmacy, influencing factor, factor analysis

Abstract: Objective To explore the factors affecting consumers’ online drug purchases, and construct models of these factors to provide references for the development and popularization of online pharmacies. Methods Through searching, classifying, integrating, and extracting evaluation indexes of online pharmacies in literature, the indexes of factors affecting online drug purchases were initially established. Then SPSS24.0 was used for data analysis, and finally factor analysis was applied for screening and combining the indexes. Results and Conclusion A model of influencing factors for online drug purchases is set up with 4 factors and 14 indexes. Convenient service is the most important factor affecting online drug purchases. Highly educated young people prefer to buy drugs online. At present, online drug purchase is only a supplement to the purchase of drugs in offline pharmacies, and the penetration rate is not high. Online pharmacies should give full play to their advantages in terms of drug types, prices, logistics and after-sales services to make online drug purchases more mainstream.

Key words: online pharmacy, influencing factor, factor analysis