Sixty-eight percent of workers in large companies reported consulting Web sites for additional health information when making treatment decisions, according to a survey released Wednesday by the National Business Group on Health, AHA News reports.
Physician offices are still the most widely used source for health and medical information, with nearly 75% of respondents saying they had turned to their doctors' offices for health information in the past two years.
The survey also found that:
- 67% of respondents consulted their health plans for health information;
- 66% turned to family and friends for health information;
- 61% looked at magazine or news articles;
- 59% read drug-package inserts; and
- 54% consulted their employers.
Six out of every 10 respondents also said they had not seen any health care quality comparison information.
Survey respondents have health insurance and work at companies with 2,000 or more employees (
AHA News, 12/5).