This statistic displays the percentage of U.S. consumers that are willing to choose an alternative cost-saving health care option, as of December 2013. Some 54.8 percent of people would choose to send a digital photo of a rash or skin problem to a dermatologist for an opinion. New possibilities in the mobile and electronic health industries are creating convenient options that consumers desire which can threaten hospital and physician revenues.
Percentage of U.S. consumers who would choose alternative cost-saving healthcare options as of 2013*
* Original question: "How likely would you be to choose these options, if they cost less than the traditional choice?" Percent of respondents answering "very likely" and "somewhat likely".
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PwC. (April 30, 2014). Percentage of U.S. consumers who would choose alternative cost-saving healthcare options as of 2013* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 26, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/354335/consumers-in-the-us-picking-alternative-cost-saving-healthcare-options/
PwC. "Percentage of U.S. consumers who would choose alternative cost-saving healthcare options as of 2013*." Chart. April 30, 2014. Statista. Accessed May 26, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/354335/consumers-in-the-us-picking-alternative-cost-saving-healthcare-options/
PwC. (2014). Percentage of U.S. consumers who would choose alternative cost-saving healthcare options as of 2013*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 26, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/354335/consumers-in-the-us-picking-alternative-cost-saving-healthcare-options/
PwC. "Percentage of U.S. Consumers Who Would Choose Alternative Cost-saving Healthcare Options as of 2013*." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Apr 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/354335/consumers-in-the-us-picking-alternative-cost-saving-healthcare-options/
PwC, Percentage of U.S. consumers who would choose alternative cost-saving healthcare options as of 2013* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/354335/consumers-in-the-us-picking-alternative-cost-saving-healthcare-options/ (last visited May 26, 2020)
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