Consumers who consider seeing health practitioner virtually by reason U.S. 2016 | Statista

This statistic shows the percentage of survey respondents that would consider using a virtual visit with their doctor given select circumstances as of 2016. According to the data, 39 percent of respondents indicated that they would definitely or probably consider a virtual visit with their health care practitioner for a prescription question/refill.

Percentage of U.S. consumers who consider a virtual health practitioner visit for select reasons as of 2016

Characteristic	Definitely or probably would consider a virtual visit	Might consider a virtual visit
A prescription question/refill	39%	33%
Receiving results from my oncologist	44%	28%
A pre-surgery appointment	40%	29%
Ongoing care for a chronic condition	37%	29%
Select post-op appointments	37%	28%
A consult with my regular dermatologist	37%	27%
Weight loss of smoking cessation classes	32%	31%
A consult with my regular psychologist	34%	28%
Select pregnancy check-ups	36%	24%
Psychologist consult from my PCP's office	29%	26%

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Release date

March 2018

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United States

Survey time period

2016

Number of respondents

4,879 consumers

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