Searching for health information
Quick View. Aug. 28, 2006.
|
2005 |
2006 |
| Are online |
74% |
77% |
| Have looked online for health information |
72% |
80% |
| Have looked for health information sometimes or often |
58% |
61% |
| Found the information to be reliable |
90% |
87% |
| Discussed the information with physician |
57% |
52% |
| Searched for medical information based on a discussion with physician |
52% |
45% |
More U.S. adults have searched for health data online in 2006 than in 2005, but fewer people are discussing those searches with their physicians.
These are some of the findings from a Harris Interactive national telephone survey of 1,020 adults, conducted in July.
Source: Harris Interactive
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