Surveys

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.

The Commonwealth Fund Survey of Public Views of the U.S. Health Care System, 2008

August 7, 2008 - Eight of 10 respondents to this public views survey agreed that the health system needs either fundamental change or complete rebuilding.

The Commonwealth Fund/"Modern Healthcare" Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Views on Long-Term Care

July 21, 2008 - The 15th Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey asked a diverse group of experts for their perspectives on the future of long-term care in the United States.

The Commonwealth Fund 2007 National Survey of Nursing Homes

May 9, 2008 - This survey was fielded to examine the penetration of the culture change movement at the national level and measure the extent to which nursing homes are adopting culture change principles and practicing resident-centered care.

The Commonwealth Fund/"Modern Healthcare" Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Views on Health Care Delivery System Reform

April 21, 2008 - Health care opinion leaders are in agreement that a more organized delivery system--one with enhanced access to care, care coordination, and health information exchanges, and one in which hospitals, practices, and providers work together to improve quality and efficiency--is more likely to deliver high-quality, efficient, and patient-centered care than a non-organized system.

2007 EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Survey

March 18, 2008 - Enrollment in consumer-driven and high-deductible plans still makes up a very small segment of the overall insurance market, according to the third EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Care Survey.

The Commonwealth Fund/"Modern Healthcare" Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Assessing the Presidential Candidates' Health Reform Proposals

January 28, 2008 - The 13th Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey found that most leaders in health care and health policy favor plans that build on the nation's current mixed system of public and private group insurance.

The Commonwealth Fund/"Modern Healthcare" Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Transparency of Health Care Quality and Price Information in the United States

November 19, 2007 - The 12th Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey found that increased transparency in the quality and price of health care is important, according to a diverse group of experts.

2007 International Health Policy Survey in Seven Countries

November 1, 2007 - U.S. adults are more likely than adults in six other countries to go without health care because of the cost—and more likely to say that the health care system needs to be rebuilt completely, according to the 2007 International Health Policy Survey in Seven Countries.

The Commonwealth Fund/"Modern Healthcare" Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Assessing Health Care Quality and Safety

July 30, 2007 - According to participants in the most recent Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey, the current health system is not achieving and is not designed to foster high quality. Responses indicate strong support for greater government leadership; creation of a new public–private entity to coordinate quality improvement efforts and set a national quality agenda; changes in the way providers are paid; greater integration of providers; and reforms to promote medical homes.

The Commonwealth Fund 2006 Health Care Quality Survey

June 27, 2007 - Providing minority patients a "medical home"--a health care setting in which they have a regular provider, enhanced access to physicians after-hours, and timely, well-organized care--has the potential to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in access to high-quality care, according to the findings of this Commonwealth Fund-supported survey.

The Commonwealth Fund/"Modern Healthcare" Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Assessing SCHIP

April 23, 2007 - The State Children's Health Insurance Program has been successful in increasing access to health care for low-income children and in reducing the rate of uninsured, low-income children, acccording to the latest Commonwealth Fund/"Modern Healthcare" Health Care Opinion Leaders survey.

The Commonwealth Fund/"Modern Healthcare" Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Assessing Congressional Priorities

January 8, 2007 - Expanding coverage for the uninsured should be the top health care priority for the new Congress over the next five years, say the majority of respondents to the latest Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders survey. Other top priorities are moderating rising health care costs, reforming Medicare to ensure long-term solvency, and increasing the use of information technology.

The 2nd Annual EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Care Survey, 2006

December 7, 2006 - Consumer-driven health plans are not catching on, according to the second consumerism survey released by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and The Commonwealth Fund.

2006 International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians

November 2, 2006 - U.S. primary care doctors are less likely than those in several other countries to be able to offer patients access to care outside regular office hours or to have systems that alert doctors to potentially harmful drug interactions, according to the Commonwealth Fund 2006 International Health Policy Survey.