Kaiser/Harvard Views on Managed Care Survey [August, 1997]
Were interested in how often you think you can trust what certain groups have to say in their advertisements. First, do you think you can trust what... (INSERT--READ AND ROTATE) say in their advertisements most of the time, sometimes, hardly ever or never? And how often can you trust what... (INSERT NEXT ITEM) say in their advertisements?
| Most of The Time | Sometimes | Hardly Ever | Never | Dont Know/ Refused |
Hospitals | 33 | 51 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
Lawyers | 9 | 40 | 22 | 25 | 4 |
Health insurance companies | 24 | 51 | 12 | 9 | 4 |
Pharmaceutical or drug cos | 33 | 47 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
Doctors | 37 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
HMOs or managed care cos | 19 | 51 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
Politicians | 4 | 27 | 30 | 37 | 2 |
Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Harvard University. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates, August 22-September 23, 1997 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,204.
