Table 2 Type, novelty, and usefulness of reported solutions
From: Innovation by patients with rare diseases and chronic needs
Novelty | Usefulness/Helpfulness | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Novel to the patient (% of 142) | Novel to the world (% of 40) | Total (% of 182) | Dangerous (% of 4) | Not useful/helpful (% of 105) | Useful (% of 73) | |
Products | 4 (3%) | 15 (37%) | 19 (10%) | 0 | 4 (4%) | 15 (21%) |
Services | 138 (97%) | 25 (63%) | 163 (90%) | 4 (100%) | 101 (96%) | 58 (79%) |
Total (% of 182) | 142 (78%) | 40 (22%) | 182 (100%) | 4 (2%) | 105 (58%) | 73 (40%) |