Biology and consumer behaviour Biology and consumer behaviour Consumer behaviour is the study of the motivations surrounding a purchase of a product or service. It has been linked to the field of psychology, sociology and economics in attempts to analyse when, why, where and how people purchase in the way that they do. However, little literature has considered the link between our consumption behaviour and the basics of our being, our biology. Segmentation by biological-driven demographics such as sex and age are already popular and pervasive in marketing. As more knowledge and research is known, targeting based on consumers' biology is of growing interest
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems evaluation of the 1999 CAHPS version 1.0 study found it to have "good reliability" especially for getting opinions about health insurance. Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) is a series of patient surveys rating health care experiences in the United States. The surveys, conducted annually since 1995, are available in the public domain and focus on healthcare quality aspects that patients find important and are well equipped to assess. Results are used by Medicare in determining Diagnostic Related Group payment for each hospital. CAHPS surveys are funded and overseen by the