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Understanding the Consumer s View. In 1997, the National Patient Safety Foundation commissioned a survey of how the public perceives risk when interacting with the health care system. Of those who responded, 42 percent reported that either they or someone they knew had experienced an injury when visiting a physician s office (Louis Harris and Associates, 1997). Studies by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund support these results. A 2002 Kaiser Family Foundation survey found that one-third of U.S. physicians reported that they or a family member had been harmed by medical error (Blendon and others, 2002). The Commonwealth Fund found that one in ten consumers reported... 

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, "Race, Ethnicity and Medical Care—A Survey of Public Perceptions and Experiences," 1-29 (1999). 

Kaiser Family Foundation. 2002. Employer Health Benefits 2002 Annual Survey. Washington, DC. 

Kaiser Family Foundation. USA Today/Kaiser Family Foundation/Har-vard School of Public Health Survey The Public on Prescription Drugs... 

The full impact that the well-publicized use of supplements by sports icons has had on young athletes worldwide is difficult to determine. A 2000 survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 73% of 10-17 year olds surveyed cited a famous athlete as someone they looked up to or wanted to be like. And while 55% were aware of Mark McGwire s use of andro, only 5% reported ever having purchased a dietary supplement because of a famous athlete. Yet the fact remains that performance-enhancing supplement use is at an all-time high among America s youth. 

Kaiser Family Foundation. 2006d. National Survey of Pharmacists, November available at www.kff.org/ kaiserpolls/upload/7585.pdf, accessed on November 7, 2007. 

Figure 18.2 Type of health plan for workers with employer-sponsored coverage (From the Kaiser Family Foundation and HRET, Employer Health Benefits, 2002 Annual Survey, Menlo Park, CA The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002.)...

A Kaiser Family Foundation Health Poll Reports Survey conducted February 3-6, 2005 showed that a total of 50% of respondents had an overall unfavorable view of pharmaceutical companies while only 44% were favorably disposed. Only oil and tobacco companies were viewed more unfavorably among the industries included in the survey. In addition, 70% of respondents felt that pharmaceutical companies were most interested in making profits, putting profits ahead of people, and 81% felt that prescription drug prices are not usually justified because companies charge more than necessary. Data available at www.kff.org/ healthreport/feb 2005/index.cfm. 

ABC News/Kaiser Family Foundation/USA Today, Health Care in America 2006 Survey. Available at www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/7572.pdf. 

Kaiser Family Foundation, Health Poll Report, January/February 2005. Available at www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/ upload/January-February-2005-Health-PoU-Report-Survey-Toplines.pdf. 

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