The Pew Internet Project released the latest estimate for the e-patient population: 75% of internet users. Details on this and an upcoming survey follow…
demographics
Data and Insights on Minority Populations–Susannah Fox
The Pew Internet Project‘s sample sizes for health surveys have been too small to do in-depth analysis on race/ethnicity and economic status. One challenge is that a significant portion of the respondent pool refuses to answer the household income question (the refusal rate can be as high as 20%). So we use education levels as […]
Health Care Consumerism–Susannah Fox
The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions released a very interesting report on “Health Care Consumerism” which looks at five “zones” of activity: traditional health services, self-directed care, alternative and non-conventional health services, financing, and information seeking. I recommend checking out their report for a few reasons: 1) Many of their findings ring true to me. […]
Degrees of Access–Susannah Fox
As of December 2007, 75% of American adults use the internet, 75% own a cell phone, and 54% have a high-speed internet connection at home (download charts here). Seniors, those with less education, and those living with a disability or chronic disease lag behind other adults on all three fronts. Further, a more in-depth survey […]
Poor and Elderly E-patients
The current issue of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved features an article based on a August 2006 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Unfortunately, the full text of the article, “The Telehealth Divide,” by Mary Schmeida and Ramona McNeal is behind a subscription wall and press coverage […]
Health Search–Susannah Fox
Bill Tancer is the general manager of global research at Hitwise and writes a column for Time.com called “Science of Search.” His recent column on “Restless Leg, Mumps and Other Maladies” addressed the effect of media attention to certain conditions & diseases. The column is a neat summary of a pattern we had noticed: The […]
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