Kaiser Health Poll Report Survey [February, 2005]
We're interested in how often you think you can trust what certain groups have to say in their advertisements. Do you think you can trust what..(INSERT). say in their advertisements most of the time, sometimes, hardly ever, or never?
Based on One-Half of Respondents (n=596)
| Most of the time | Sometimes | Hardly ever | Never | DK/ Ref. |
a. Hospitals | 37 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
b. Lawyers | 11 | 39 | 27 | 21 | 2 |
c. Health insurance companies | 17 | 47 | 23 | 11 | 2 |
d. Pharmaceutical or drug companies | 18 | 47 | 21 | 13 | 2 |
e. Doctors | 45 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
f. HMO’s or managed care companies | 16 | 37 | 20 | 17 | 10 |
g. Politicians | 6 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 2 |
Survey by Kaiser Family Foundation. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates, February 3-6, 2005 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,201.