Commercial organisation: awareness of health data use in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 1, 2016

This statistic shows individuals' awareness concerning the use of health data by commercial organisations in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016. Approximately one third of respondents (31 percent) were unaware that commercial organisations use health data.

How much, if anything, would you say you know about how commercial organisations use health data?*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
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March 2016

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2016

Number of respondents

2,017 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* The original wording of the question posed during the survey was was phrased by the source as follows: "Health data collected from patients in hospitals and GP practices can also be used for research into diseases and treatments, and for planning healthcare services. When used in this way, health data has personal information removed, such as patient's name and address. How much, if anything, would you say you know about how the following organisations use health data for these purposes? - Commercial organisations, such as drug companies and medical equipment manufacturers"

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