Health Challenges for the People of New Orleans July 2, 2007 Poll Finding Health Challenges for the People of New Orleans This analysis of a household survey of Greater New Orleans area residents conducted in Fall 2006 examines the health care status of the adult population and details their health coverage and access to health care services after the disaster. News Release Full…
Statewide Survey of Political Independents in Virginia June 29, 2007 Poll Finding This document contains the full survey results for statewide Post/Kaiser/Harvard survey on the views and leaning of political independents in Virginia. Survey (.pdf)
Health News Index Trends 1996-2002 September 30, 2003 Poll Finding In 2003, researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health completed an analysis of trends in attention to and knowledge about health news using data from all Health News Index tracking surveys between 1996 and 2002. The resulting article, “Health News and the American Public, 1996-2002,”…
Paths to Success: A Forum on Young African-American Men June 29, 2006 Poll Finding Webcast: High Speed Low Speed Transcript The Kaiser Family Foundation and The Washington Post on July 18 hosted a forum in the Foundation’s Barbara Jordan Conference Center featuring Bill Cosby and a panel of national leaders examining the experiences of young black men in America. The forum, Paths to Success:…
Chartpack: 2006 Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS April 29, 2006 Poll Finding Chartpack: 2006 Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS These charts highlight data from the Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS conducted between March 24 and April 18, 2006. The survey covers a variety of topics including HIV/AIDS as a problem for our nation, knowledge and perceptions about HIV/AIDS, domestic HIV spending and…
The Medicare Drug Benefit: Beneficiary Perspectives Just Before Implementation- Chartpack October 31, 2005 Poll Finding This chartpack highlights key results and trends from a comprehensive survey of seniors on their understanding of and views toward the Medicare drug benefit. The survey of 802 seniors was conducted in late October 2005, prior to the start of the benefit’s open enrollment period, which runs from Nov. 15,…
The Medicare Drug Benefit: Beneficiary Perspectives Just Before Implementation October 31, 2005 Poll Finding This comprehensive survey of seniors about the Medicare drug benefit finds that many seniors remain uncertain about how the new benefit will affect them and unsure about whether they will enroll. Seniors who say they understand the benefit well are more likely to report favorable views than those who do…
Health Care Costs Survey August 30, 2005 Poll Finding This comprehensive survey from USA Today, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health examines how Americans are being affected by health care costs. The survey includes information on the barriers health care costs pose to obtaining medical care and the alternative measures people take to lower…
Chart Pack: Views on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit August 1, 2005 Poll Finding This chartpack highlights key results and trends from the Kaiser Family Foundation’s August 2005 tracking poll looking at seniors’ views and knowledge about the new Medicare prescription drug benefit.Survey Chartpack (.pdf)
Health Care Agenda for the New Congress – Chartpack December 31, 2004 Poll Finding This chartpack provides key findings from the survey of the public’s attitudes regarding the health care agenda for Bush’s second term and the new Congress in 2005. It assesses the relative priority placed on health-care concerns by the American public and also provides insight into public opinion on key issues…