U.S. residents are far more likely to use the Internet to compare cars or computers than to compare doctors and hospitals.[@@]
Executives at UICI, North Richland Hills, Texas, a company that is setting up a health savings account program, have published figures supporting that conclusion in a report on a recent telephone survey of 1,016 U.S. adults.
Survey workers asked participants how they have used Web research tools to support purchasing and provider selection decisions made in the past 5 years.