Research Article
Evaluation of Quality and Readability of Health Information Websites Identified through India’s Major Search Engines
Table 1
Characteristics of health information websites (
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| Characteristics | (%) |
| Region | | Global | 20 (62.5) | Indian | 12 (37.5) | Intended audience | | Consumers | 17 (53.1) | Healthcare providers | 6 (18.8) | Both | 9 (28.1) | Provider | | Government | 13 (40.6) | NGO | 8 (25) | Commercial | 11 (34.4) | Health On the Net Code of Conduct (HONcode) logo | | Yes | 16 (50%) | No | 16 (50%) |
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