10 Effects/​Consequences Linked to Digital Healthcare

The questions 17 to 25 examine citizens' attitudes towards the digitalization of healthcare. The respondents were faced with various statements and given the following response options: Strongly agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree, Strongly disagree, Not applicable, and Don't know.

In question 17 citizens are asked whether access to their digital health data has helped them understand their health situation better. An overview of the answers can be found in Table 10.1.a and Figure 10.1.a.

Table 10.1.a Access to my digital health data has helped me understand my health situation better.

Figure 10.1.a Access to my digital health data has helped me understand my health situation better.

As seen in Figure 10.1.a, 58% of Finns, 46% of Danes, 44% of Icelanders, 43% of Swedes and 33% of Norwegians participants agree or strongly agree that access to their digital health data has helped them understand their health situation better. Hence, these numbers indicate that it varies how the populations in the Nordic countries utilize their personal health data for learning purposes.

Table 10.1.b Access to my digital health data has helped me understand my health situation better. Danish answers crossed with age, gender, educational level, and need for assistance when using digital health services

Table 10.1.c Access to my digital health data has helped me understand my health situation better. Finnish answers crossed with age, gender, educational level, and need for assistance when using digital health services.

Table 10.1.d Access to my digital health data has helped me understand my health situation better. Icelandic answers crossed with age, gender, educational level, and need for assistance when using digital health services.

Table 10.1.e Access to my digital health data has helped me understand my health situation better. Norwegian answers crossed with age, gender, educational level, and need for assistance when using digital health services.

Table 10.1.f Access to my digital health data has helped me understand my health situation better. Swedish answers crossed with age, gender, educational level, and need for assistance when using digital health services.

In question 18, the citizens are asked whether access to their digital health data has helped them manage their health. The answers to question 18 are displayed in Table 10.2.a and Figure 10.2.a.

Table 10.2.a Access to my digital health data has helped me manage my health.

Figure 10.2.a Access to my digital health data has helped me manage my health.

Figure 10.2.a. shows that the following number of citizens agree or strongly agree that access to their digital health data has helped them manage their health: Denmark 38%, Finland 44%, Icelandic 36%, Norway 29%, and Sweden 35%. Hence, compared to learning effects (Figure 10.1.a), slightly fewer use their digital health data to manage their health.  However, the pattern from question 17 is repeated here in question 18, showing, that the Finns seem to make use of their health data most actively on an individual level.

Table 10.2.b Access to my digital health data has helped me manage my health. Danish answers crossed with age, gender, educational level, and need for assistance when using digital health services.

Table 10.2.c Access to my digital health data has helped me manage my health. Finnish answers crossed with age, gender, educational level, and need for assistance when using digital health services.

Table 10.2.d Access to my digital health data has helped me manage my health. Icelandic answers crossed with age, gender, educational level, and need for assistance when using digital health services.