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Article: Surveys: Internet widely used for healthcare information.
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- Healthcare Info Tech Business Report
- Article date:
- April 16, 1999
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Surveys: Internet widely used for healthcare information
A Healthcare InfoTech Staff Report
Two surveys issued recently highlight the merger of healthcare and Internet use in this country, with important implications concerning the potential market power of consumers in this arena.
About 17.5 million adults in the U.S. 43% of the 40.6 million who use the Internet use it to search for health information, according to the 1999 Environmental Assessment: Rising to the Challenge of a New Century, just released by Deloitte & Touche and VHA Inc.
Additionally, a survey released by Schwarz Pharma (Mequon, WI) reports that 29% of all Americans ...