Adoption of mHealth among patients with chronic diseases 2012

This survey illustrates the mHealth adoption for patients with chronic diseases (in comparison to the survey average) in 2012, in selected countries. In 2012, some 82 percent of the patients with poorly managed conditions engage in mHealth, whereas the survey average amounts to 64 percent.

Adoption of mHealth for patients with chronic diseases in selected countries 2012

Characteristic	Patients with poorly managed conditions	Healthcare spendings >30% of income	Survey average
Familarity with term mHealth	62%	74%	49%
Engage in mHealth	82%	79%	64%
Currently use one or more apps	72%	68%	47%

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Release date

June 2012

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2012

Number of respondents

1,798 respondents

Special properties

Surveys covered patients, physicians and payers

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

1,798 respondents: The patient survey covered over 1,000 respondents with a broad distribution of economic backgrounds, ages, levels of education and states of health. The physicians survey with 433 physicians in the public and private sector, urban vs. rural with a wide range of experience. The survey covered also a payers survey with 345 respondents, roughly evenly devided between public and private sector and 55 percent are C-suite or above. In addition 20 in-depth interviews with key experts took place.
Selected countries are: Brazil, China, Denmark, Germany, India, Spain, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

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