What impact do you think new prescription drugs developed over the past 20 years have had on the health and quality of life of Americans in general? Have they had a positive impact on health and quality of life, a negative impact, or have they had no impact?
78 | Positive |
13 | Negative |
4 | No impact |
5 | Don’t know/Refused |
Do you think prescription drugs developed over the past 20 years have made a big difference, small difference or no difference in the lives of people with..
| Big difference | Small difference | No difference | DK/ Ref. |
a. Heart disease | 72 | 18 | 3 | 6 |
b. Cancer | 63 | 23 | 8 | 7 |
c. Obesity | 18 | 37 | 32 | 13 |
d. Mental illness | 42 | 33 | 9 | 16 |
e. HIV | 52 | 22 | 9 | 18 |
Do you think prescription drugs developed over the past 20 years have made a big difference, a small difference, or no difference in the life of the average person?
58 | Big difference |
33 | Small difference |
7 | No difference |
3 | Don’t know/Refused |
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.
