KFF designs, conducts and analyzes original public opinion and survey research on Americans’ attitudes, knowledge, and experiences with the health care system to help amplify the public’s voice in major national debates.
HIV and Sexual Behaviour Among Young South Africans: A National Survey of 15-24 Year- Olds
South Africa is in the grips of a devastating HIV/AIDS epidemic in which the peak incidence occurs among 15-24 year-olds. This national survey of HIV and sexual behavior among the country’s 15-24 year-olds identifies trends in HIV infection and related determinants of infection among young people. The report also gauges the impact of loveLife, South Africa’s largest national HIV prevention initiative, on HIV and related risk behaviors. This National Youth Survey is the first of three such studies to be conducted at approximately two year intervals over the expected duration of the loveLife initiative, to track changes in HIV prevalence and sexual behavior among South African youth.
South Africans at Ten Years of Democracy – Toplines
Toplines from, “South Africans at Ten Years of Democracy,” a comprehensive, nationally representative survey of South Africans was conducted by The Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University to examine South Africans’ views about democracy and the challenges facing the country leading up to the April 2004 election. This extensive survey, “South Africans at Ten Years of Democracy,” also sought to explore perceptions of how things have changed since the end of apartheid, as well as perceived challenges for the future, including issues such as unemployment, crime, race relations, and HIV/AIDS. Finally, the survey included many questions designed to illuminate the real-life experiences of South Africans, and the struggles and successes they face on a daily basis (March 2004).
South Africans at Ten Years of Democracy – Summary and Chartpack
Summary and chartpack from, “South Africans at Ten Years of Democracy,” comprehensive, nationally representative survey of South Africans was conducted by The Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University to examine South Africans’ views about democracy and the challenges facing the country leading up to the April 2004 election. This extensive survey also sought to explore perceptions of how things have changed since the end of apartheid, as well as perceived challenges for the future, including issues such as unemployment, crime, race relations, and HIV/AIDS. Finally, the survey included many questions designed to illuminate the real-life experiences of South Africans, and the struggles and successes they face on a daily basis (March 2004).
This chartpack, “Trends in U.S. Government Funding for HIV/AIDS,” provides an analysis of U.S. federal funding for HIV/AIDS since fiscal year (FY) 1981. It presents data and trends in the major categories of funding — care, cash and housing assistance, research, prevention, and global/international — over time. Cumulatively through its FY 2004, the US government has invested approximately $150 billion for domestic and international HIV/AIDS programs.
Washington Post/Kaiser/Harvard University Survey Project
About the Partnership:
The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University Survey Project is a joint partnership and an experiment in combining survey research and reporting to better inform the public. The Post, Kaiser, and Harvard jointly design and analyze surveys examining public knowledge, perceptions, and misperceptions on major issues. The Post then reports the results as well as facts to dispel myths and misperceptions, retaining editorial control over content published in the paper. The goal of this project is to contribute to a better understanding of public knowledge on major issues facing the country as well as more effective efforts by the media to educate, inform, and engage citizens in national debates.
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In 1999, The Kaiser Family Foundation, the Health Research and Educational Trust, and UC Berkeley undertook a supplement to the National Employer Health Benefits Survey based on California firms. Since that time, the survey has been conducted annually by Kaiser and HRET. Like the National survey, the California Employer Health Benefits Survey tracks trends in employer health insurance coverage, the cost of that coverage, and other topical health insurance issues. Findings are based on a representative sample of private employers, including those who respond to the full survey and those who indicate only whether or not they provide health coverage. California firms surveyed range in size from three to more than 300,000 employees. Some of the California firms participating in the national survey are included in this study.
Exhibit 7.1: Number of the Nonelderly Uninsured, 1994-2004
The number of the nonelderly (under age 65) uninsured in the United States increased in 2004 to 45.5 million, an increase of 800,000 over 2003. Health insurance affects people’s access to health care, their health status, their job decisions, and their financial security. Health insurance makes a difference in whether people get necessary medical care, where they get their care, and, ultimately, how healthy they are. About two-thirds of the nonelderly uninsured are low income (see Exhibit 7.4), so medical bills can cause financial burdens for individuals and families. Uncompensated care to uninsured and underinsured individuals and the safety net of public hospitals and community clinics do not fully substitute for health insurance.
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Notes: Changes in the Current Population Survey’s (CPS) sample and questionnaire have been made over the years, which hamper the ability to trend data across years. Health insurance estimates for 1999 and later years that use the revised questionnaire cannot be compared with CPS estimates from earlier years. *Revised method estimates for 1999 shown in this exhibit are comparable to later years, except they are based on a smaller sample.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, Health Insurance Coverage in America, 2004 Data Update, November 2005, Figure 1, p.9, at http://www.kff.org/uninsured/7415.cfm prepared by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, and the Urban Institute using data from the Census Bureau’s March Supplements to the Current Population Survey.
Trends and Indicators in the Changing Health Care MarketplaceInformation provided by the Health Care Marketplace Project.Publication Number:7031Information Updated: 03/15/06
Exhibit 6.1: Physician Participation in Managed Care, 1988, 1999, 2001
Physician participation in managed care increased sharply in the decade between the late 1980s and the late 1990s, but has decreased since then. The proportion of physicians with at least one managed care contract increased from 61% in 1988 to 91% in 1999, but then dropped to 88% in 2001. The average contribution of managed care to physician practice revenue followed a similar pattern, more than doubling from 23% in 1988 to nearly half (49%) of physician revenue in 1999, but then fell to 41% in 2001.
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Notes: “Managed care contracts” include contracts with HMOs, PPOs, and IPAs. “Average share of total practice revenue” represents share of revenue among physicians with at least one managed care contract.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, Trends and Indicators in the Changing Health Care Marketplace, 2002, May 2002, Exhibit 6.1, p. 64, at http://www.kff.org/insurance/3161-index.cfm (1988 and 1999 data, from Physician Marketplace Statistics 1997/98, and Physician Socioeconomic Statistics, 2000-2002, American Medical Association); and data from the American Medical Association’s 2001 Patient Care Physician Survey (2001 data).
Trends and Indicators in the Changing Health Care MarketplaceInformation provided by the Health Care Marketplace Project.Publication Number:7031Information Updated: 04/01/04
This brief brings new analysis to the debate concerning the efficiency of Medicaid versus private health insurance as a mechanism for covering low-income children and adults.
