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The National Cancer Institute’s Health Information National Trends Survey [HINTS]: a national cross-sectional analysis of talking to your doctor and other healthcare providers for health information
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need understand preferred sources health information remains important providing patientcentered care internet remains popular resource health information traditional sources may still valid patients recent health need study sought understand characteristics patients turn doctor healthcare provider first recent health medical information need using national crosssectional survey health information national trend study hints characteristics sought doctor healthcare provider recent health information need compared sources weighted survey responses cycle 1 cycle 2 hints survey used multivariable logistic regression total 5307 patient responses analyzed overall seek doctor healthcare provider first health need female 4664 years white nonhispanic educated good health users internet yet adjusted logistic regressions showed sought doctor healthcare provider first recent health information need compared sources likely 65 years poor health less educated health insurance patients seek doctor healthcare provider first health information rather sources information represent unique population doctors healthcare providers remain important resource patients recent needs despite wide use internet source health information