Health Consumer Study
1.2010 | North America
Google teamed up with OTX to look at how digital media is helping patients make healthcare choices. This study found:
- In 2009, trust in online health care resources had gone up 44% from several years prior
- 86% of patients who used the Internet to research healthcare choices used Google as part of the process
- 75% of patients research symptoms online before talking to a doctor
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Categories: Healthcare, Search, Understand Consumer Behavior
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