Surveys

The Fund tracks trends in health coverage, access and quality, and general policy/practice issues in the U.S. and internationally. All information is available free of charge. Raw data are available to researchers one year post release. For more information, contact jj@cmwf.org.

The Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Views on Slowing the Growth of Health Care Costs

April 27, 2009 - Nearly all respondents to the latest Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey agree that the U.S. must rein in the growth of health care spending, and most believe it is possible to hold the current percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) devoted to health care steady over the next decade.

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The Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Views on Priorities for the Obama Administration

January 19, 2009 - The 17th Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey asked a diverse group of experts about priorities for the incoming administration and found President Obama enjoys a strong mandate for major elements of the health care reform proposal unveiled during the 2008 presidential campaign.

2008 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Sicker Adults

November 13, 2008 - A 2008 survey of chronically ill adults in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States found major differences in health care access, safety, and efficiency, with U.S. patients at particularly high risk of forgoing care because of costs and experiencing errors or inefficient, poorly organized care.

The Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Views on Payment Reform

November 3, 2008 - Leaders in health care and health care policy feel strongly that the way we pay for health care in the U.S. must be fundamentally reformed. The latest Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey reports that more than two-thirds of respondents expressed strong dissatisfaction with the current system, which is generally based on "fee-for-service" payment, saying the current system is not effective in encouraging high quality and efficient care.

2007 Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey

August 20, 2008 - The proportion of working-age Americans who have medical bill problems or who are paying off medical debt climbed from 34 percent to 41 percent between 2005 and 2007, bringing the total to 72 million, according to the 2007 Biennial Health Insurance Survey.