This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted among people employed in the healthcare sector about the purposes of using social media in Italy as of 2018. According to data, most of the respondents stated that in their health facilities social media were used in order to provide information about health-related issues. Only one respondent declared that in his healthcare center social media were used to deliver online consultations.
People working in hospitals and facilities of the NHS*
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*The respondents were asked which social media were used in their place of work. The sample includes people working in Local Health Authorities (29.7 percent), Hospitals (16.2 percent), University Hospitals (18.9 percent), Scientific Hospitalization and Care Institutes (18.9 percent) and general healthcare staff (16.2 percent).
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CERGAS - Centro di Ricerche sulla Gestione del'Assistenza Sanitaria e Sociale. (November 29, 2018). Main purposes of using social media in the healthcare sector in Italy as of 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/954027/reasons-for-using-social-media-in-the-healthcare-sector-in-italy/
CERGAS - Centro di Ricerche sulla Gestione del'Assistenza Sanitaria e Sociale. "Main purposes of using social media in the healthcare sector in Italy as of 2018." Chart. November 29, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/954027/reasons-for-using-social-media-in-the-healthcare-sector-in-italy/
CERGAS - Centro di Ricerche sulla Gestione del'Assistenza Sanitaria e Sociale. (2018). Main purposes of using social media in the healthcare sector in Italy as of 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/954027/reasons-for-using-social-media-in-the-healthcare-sector-in-italy/
CERGAS - Centro di Ricerche sulla Gestione del'Assistenza Sanitaria e Sociale. "Main Purposes of Using Social Media in The Healthcare Sector in Italy as of 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Nov 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/954027/reasons-for-using-social-media-in-the-healthcare-sector-in-italy/
CERGAS - Centro di Ricerche sulla Gestione del'Assistenza Sanitaria e Sociale, Main purposes of using social media in the healthcare sector in Italy as of 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/954027/reasons-for-using-social-media-in-the-healthcare-sector-in-italy/ (last visited July 12, 2025)
Main purposes of using social media in the healthcare sector in Italy as of 2018 [Graph], CERGAS - Centro di Ricerche sulla Gestione del'Assistenza Sanitaria e Sociale, November 29, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/954027/reasons-for-using-social-media-in-the-healthcare-sector-in-italy/
