In 2023, the most common type of digital health data that patients in all Nordic countries are willing to share in the case of the need for personal treatment in another country was medication and prescriptions. Subsequently, the willingness of patients to share medical history and immunization data was also similarly common, accepted by around 70 percent of the patients in each country.
Share of patients who are willing to share the following types of health data while being treated in another Nordic country as of 2023
Citizens of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland
Method of interview
Telephone interviews and online survey
Supplementary notes
The question was worded in the source as: "In the case of the need for personal treatment in another Nordic country, which digital health data would you then accept to share across healthcare providers (e.g. hospitals, outpatient clinics, etc.) in the Nordic Countries?"
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Nordic Statistics database. (November 12, 2023). Share of patients who are willing to share the following types of health data while being treated in another Nordic country as of 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 21, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1472635/nordic-countries-sharing-digital-health-data/
Nordic Statistics database. "Share of patients who are willing to share the following types of health data while being treated in another Nordic country as of 2023 ." Chart. November 12, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 21, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1472635/nordic-countries-sharing-digital-health-data/
Nordic Statistics database. (2023). Share of patients who are willing to share the following types of health data while being treated in another Nordic country as of 2023 . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1472635/nordic-countries-sharing-digital-health-data/
Nordic Statistics database. "Share of Patients Who Are Willing to Share The following Types of Health Data While Being Treated in Another Nordic Country as of 2023 ." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1472635/nordic-countries-sharing-digital-health-data/
Nordic Statistics database, Share of patients who are willing to share the following types of health data while being treated in another Nordic country as of 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1472635/nordic-countries-sharing-digital-health-data/ (last visited May 21, 2025)
Share of patients who are willing to share the following types of health data while being treated in another Nordic country as of 2023 [Graph], Nordic Statistics database, November 12, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1472635/nordic-countries-sharing-digital-health-data/
