A new national survey of women on their health finds that a substantial percentage of women cannot afford to go to the doctor or get prescriptions filled. Although a majority of women are in good health and satisfied with their health care, many have health problems and do not get adequate levels of preventive care. The report also examines women’s health status, health care costs, insurance, access to care, prevention, and their role in family health care.

Women and Health Care: A National Profile is a nationally representative telephone survey of 2,766 women ages 18 and older. A shorter companion survey of 507 men was conducted for comparison purposes.

News Release

 Report and Report Highlights 

 Survey Questionnaire (.pdf)

The report was released at a July 7, 2005 briefing: 

 Agenda (.pdf) 

 Speaker Biographies (.pdf)

 Webcast of Briefing

 Chartpack (.pdf)