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. 2019 Jul 26;21(7):e13816. doi: 10.2196/13816

Table 5.

Distribution of narrative comments.

Region,
website
Total,
N
Distribution of comments, n (%)
2018 (half year) 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Zurich












OkDoc 20 0 0 1 (5) 0 0 0 0 2 (10) 2 (10) 3 (15) 12 (60)

DocApp 56 3 (5) 22 (39) 24 (43) 7 (13) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Medicosearch 206 6 (2.9) 57 (27.6) 59 (28.6) 6 (2.9) 8 (3.8) 11 (5.3) 16 (7.8) 18 (8.7) 12 (4.9) 12 (5.8) 1 (0.5)

Google 386 160 (41.4) 187 (48.4) 29 (7.5) 5 (1.2) 1 (0.2) 3 (0.7) 0 0 1 (0.2) 0 0

Total 668 169 (25.2) 266 (39.8) 113 (16.9) 18 (2.6) 9 (1.3) 14 (2.0) 16 (2.3) 20 (2.9) 15 (2.2) 15 (2.2) 13 (1.9)
Geneva












OkDoc 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (6) 0 3 (17) 14 (78)

DocApp 1 0 1 (100) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Medicosearch 28 0 0 2 (7) 0 2 (7) 2 (7) 1 (4) 5 (18) 7 (25) 9 (32) 0

Google 134 75 (55.9) 39 (29.1) 12 (8.9) 2 (1.5) 4 (2.9) 2 (1.5) 0 0 0 0 0

Total 181 75 (41.4) 40 (22.0) 14 (7.7) 2 (1.1) 6 (3.3) 4 (2.2) 1 (0.5) 6 (3.3) 7 (3.8) 12 (6.6) 14 (7.7)
Overall












OkDoc 38 0 0 1 (3) 0 0 0 0 3 (8) 2 (5) 6 (16) 26 (68)

DocApp 57 3 (5) 23 (40) 24 (42) 7 (12) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Medicosearch 234 6 (2.5) 57 (24.3) 61 (26) 6 (2.5) 10 (4.2) 13 (5.5) 17 (7.2) 23 (9.8) 19 (8.1) 21 (8.9) 1 (0.4)

Google 520 235 (45.1) 226 (43.4) 41 (7.8) 7 (1.3) 5 (0.1) 5 (0.1) 0 0 1 (0.1) 0 0

Total 849 244 (28.7) 306 (36) 127 (14.9) 20 (2.3) 15 (1.7) 18 (2.1) 17 (2.0) 26 (3.0) 22 (2.5) 27 (3.1) 27 (3.1)