Opinions on impact of application of technology to healthcare worldwide 2019 | Statista

In 2019, 13 percent of people surveyed in 26 countries including the U.S. felt that the impact of the application of technology to healthcare would create new unforeseen issues that we are not prepared to address.

Opinions on the impact of the application of technology to healthcare in the next 5 years worldwide as of 2019

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
Lead to better outcomes for patients	43%
Empower medical professionals with valuable information	28%
Make healthcare more expensive	22%
Empower people with valuable information	19%
Make healthcare less expensive	18%
Create new, unforeseen issues that we are not prepared to address	13%
Give too much information to healthcare professionals/the health system	10%
Provide me with information I may not want to have	6%
Lead to worse outcomes for patients	5%

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Release date

April 2019

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

October 19 to November 16, 2018

Number of respondents

around 33,000

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26 countries

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Survey question: "How is the application of technology to healthcare most likely to impact healthcare in the next 5 years?"

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