Sharing Government Health Data With the Private Sector: Community Attitudes Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of government health data for secondary purposes, such as monitoring the quality of hospital services, researching the health needs of populations, and testing how well new treatments work, is increasing. This increase in the secondary uses of health data has led to increased interest in what the public thinks about data sharing, in particular, the possibilities of sharing with the private sector for research and development. Although international evidence demonstrates broad public support for the secondary use of health data, this support does not extend to sharing health data with the private sector. If governments intend to share health data with the private sector, knowing what the public thinks will be important. This paper reports a national survey to expl

SUBMITTER: Braunack-Mayer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8520136 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature