Table 1. Characteristics of physician response in the different websites: answer length and proportion professional medical terms in the answer.
Website | Average response length (number of words) [CI 95%] | Proportion of words using medical terminology [CI 95%] |
NetDoctor (UK) | 190 [187–193] | 21.4% [21.3%–21.4%] |
AskTheDoctor (Canada) | 121 [119–123] | 25.7% [25.5%–25.9%] |
WebMD (USA) | 109 [107–111] | 21.8% [21.7%–22.0%] |
BeOK (Israel) | 35 [34.6–35.7] | 29.9% [29.7%–30.0%] |