Table 2.
Presence, Reviews, and Written Comments Across 33 Websitesa
| Physicians with name listed | Any review | Patient narrative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N) | (%) | (N) | (%) | (N) | (%) | |
| 300 | 100 | 300 | 100 | 300 | 100 | |
| Local search | ||||||
| Citysearch.com | 63 | (21.0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Yelp.com | 43 | (14.3) | 1 | (0.3) | 1 | (0.3) |
| Yellowpages.com | 16 | (5.3) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Local.yahoo.com | 107 | (35.7) | 1 | (0.3) | 1 | (0.3) |
| Local.com | 39 | (13.0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Insiderpages.com | 106 | (35.3) | 2 | (0.7) | 2 | (0.7) |
| Yellowbook.com | 19 | (6.3) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Yellowbot.com | 25 | (8.3) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Kudzu.com | 238 | (79.3) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Angieslist.com | 13 | (4.3) | 13 | (4.3) | 13 | (4.3) |
| Openlist.com | 101 | (33.7) | 8 | (2.7) | 0 | (0) |
| General health | ||||||
| Steadyhealth.com | 77 | (25.7) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Wellness.com | 57 | (19.0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Revolutionhealth.com | 210 | (70.0) | 3 | (1.0) | 1 | (0.3) |
| Checkmd.com | 85 | (28.3) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Findadoc.com | 175 | (58.3) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Mydochub.com | 150 | (50.0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Healthworldweb.com | 196 | (65.3) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Healthcarescoop.com | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Insurance portal | ||||||
| Healthcare.com | 80 | (26.7) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Vimo.com | 86 | (28.7) | 3 | (1.0) | 3 | (1.0) |
| Physician-rating specific | ||||||
| Healthgrades.com | 272 | (90.7) | 43 | (14.3) | 0 | (0) |
| Vitals.com | 264 | (88.0) | 24 | (8.0) | 11 | (3.7) |
| Ratemds.com | 173 | (57.7) | 21 | (7.0) | 19 | (6.3) |
| Drscore.com | 182 | (60.7) | 15 | (5.0) | 0 | (0) |
| Doctortree.org | 33 | (11.0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Suggestadoctor.com | 11 | (3.7) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Doctorscorecard.com | 2 | (0.7) | 1 | (0.3) | 1 | (0.3) |
| Bookofdoctors.com | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Healthcarereviews.com | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Doctordecision.com | 116 | (38.7) | 2 | (0.7) | 0 | (0) |
| Yourcity.md | 146 | (48.7) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Mdrating.com | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Average (without zeros) | 93.5 | (31.2) | 4.2 | (1.4) | 1.6 | (0.5) |
aThis table reports physician-level, website-specific data. Across all websites, there were a total of 190 reviews written for 81 physicians. Patients included narrative comments for 66 of these reviews (among 52 physicians)