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ArticleBMC public health2007

European citizens' use of E-health services: a study of seven countries.

Hege K Andreassen, Maria M Bujnowska-Fedak, Catherine E Chronaki, Roxana C Dumitru, Iveta Pudule, Silvina Santana, Henning Voss, Rolf Wynn

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Article in BMC public health, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 206 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8 authors.

Hege K AndreassenNorwegian Centre for Telemedicine, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway. hege.andreassen@telemed.no
Maria M Bujnowska-Fedak
Catherine E Chronaki
Roxana C Dumitru
Iveta Pudule
Silvina Santana
Henning Voss
Rolf Wynn

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEuropean citizens are increasingly being offered Internet health services. This study investigated patterns of health-related Internet use, its consequences, and citizens' expectations about their doctors' provision of e-health services.

methodsRepresentative samples were obtained from the general populations in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Poland, Portugal and Latvia. The total sample consisted of 7934 respondents. Interviews were conducted by telephone.

results44 % of the total sample, 71 % of the Internet users, had used the Internet for health purposes. Factors that positively affected the use of Internet for health purposes were youth, higher education, white-collar or no paid job, visits to the GP during the past year, long-term illness or disabilities, and a subjective assessment of one's own health as good. Women were the most active health users among those who were online. One in four of the respondents used the Internet to prepare for or follow up doctors' appointments. Feeling reassured after using the Internet for health purposes was twice as common as experiencing anxieties. When choosing a new doctor, more than a third of the sample rated the provision of e-health services as important.

conclusionThe users of Internet health services differ from the general population when it comes to health and demographic variables. The most common way to use the Internet in health matters is to read information, second comes using the net to decide whether to see a doctor and to prepare for and follow up on doctors' appointments. Hence, health-related use of the Internet does affect patients' use of other health services, but it would appear to supplement rather than to replace other health services.

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Physician-Patient RelationsAdultAge FactorsEuropeFemaleHealth EducationHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth StatusHumansInternetInterviews as TopicLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedPatient SatisfactionSex Factors

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PMID17425798
PMCPMC1855923

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