2008 Update on Consumers' Views of Patient Safety and Quality Information - Toplines


 

Publication Date: October 2008

Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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Research Area: Health

Keywords: survey; quality; healthcare

Type: Fact sheet

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

These toplines provide complete survey questions and findings on the updated examination of consumers’ views on health care quality information reveals major challenges remain in providing the public with comparative quality information and encouraging its use. The 2008 Update on Consumers’ Views of Patient Safety and Quality Information is based on polling conducted in August among a randomly selected nationally representative sample of 1,517 respondents 18 years of age and older.