As of December 2023, 61 percent of adults surveyed in Canada reported that they would be willing to share their patient health information if it benefited their health in the future. Meanwhile, a further 49 percent expressed their motivation to share their health information to help improve the performance of the Canadian health system.
Patient motivations for sharing protected health information in Canada as of 2023
Question was worded in the source as: "If your personal health information has been properly protected (e.g., your name and your other identifiers removed), what would be your motivation for sharing your health information? For example, for use of your data for secondary purposes (i.e., when an organization (public or private) takes personal health information it has collected for one purpose and uses it for a different purpose)."
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Canada Health Infoway. (April 19, 2024). Patient motivations for sharing protected health information in Canada as of 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1481884/motivations-for-sharing-health-data-in-canada/
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Canada Health Infoway. (2024). Patient motivations for sharing protected health information in Canada as of 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1481884/motivations-for-sharing-health-data-in-canada/
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