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  • Today’s Topics In Health Disparities: Is the Health Care System Ready for Health Reform?

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    On Wednesday, November 4, at 1 p.m. ET, this Today's Topics In Health Disparities live webcast examined how ready the health care system is for the influx of newly covered individuals that health reform aims to deliver. In the health care proposals being considered by Congress, changes to Medicaid alone could mean as many as 15 million people would become newly eligible for the program and many live in medically underserved areas. The program will…

  • National Survey of Pharmacists 2006: Full Topline Results

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    National Survey of Pharmacists 2006: Full Topline Results These toplines provide additional findings from a 2006 national survey of pharmacists on their views and experiences on a wide range of health care issues. Toplines (.pdf)

  • National Survey of Physicians 2006: Full Topline Results

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    National Survey of Physicians 2006: Full Topline Results These toplines provide additional findings from a 2006 national survey of physicians on their views and experiences on a wide range of health care issues. Toplines (.pdf)

  • Additional Findings from the National Surveys of Doctors and Pharmacists

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    Two Kaiser Family Foundation national surveys of doctors and pharmacists examine additional findings on their views and experiences on a wide range of health care issues. The topics covered in the surveys include views and experiences with medical errors and quality issues, use of health care information technology, prescription drug advertisements, views on Medicaid provisions, doctors' willingness to see Medicaid and Medicare patients, and physicians' views of conscience-clause provisions. The Kaiser Family Foundation National Survey…

  • Medical Errors: Practicing Physician and Public Views

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    This study by the Harvard School of Public Health and the Kaiser Family Foundation documents the attitudes of doctors and the public about medical errors and their or their families' experiences with medical errors in the course of receiving medical care. The surveys also compare physician and public perspectives on the extent of the problem and their views on the effectiveness of proposed solutions. The study's findings are featured in The New England Journal of…

  • National Survey of Physicians

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    The Kaiser Family Foundation's biennial , conducted from March 26 through October 11, 2001, is based on a nationally representative random sample of 2,608 physicians whose major professional activity is direct patient care. The survey was released in four parts. ToplinePart I: Doctors on Disparities in Medical CarePart II: Doctors and Prescription DrugsPart III: Doctors on Their ProfessionPart IV: Doctors, Payors, and Low-Income Patients

  • National Survey of Physicians Part IV: Doctors, Payors, and Low-Income Patients

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    As part of the Kaiser Family Foundation's National Survey of Physicians, this portion of the survey examines differences in provider payment rates from different payors, such as Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurers, and explores providers experiences with these different payors and with providing treatment for uninsured and low-income patients. Highlights and Chart Pack

  • National Survey of Physicians Part III: Doctors on Their Profession

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      As part of the Kaiser Family Foundation's biennial National Survey of Physicians, the Foundation examined doctors views of their profession. The survey found that most physicians say the overall morale of physicians has decreased in the last five years. The majority of doctors say that managed care has negatively affected the way they practice medicine and doctors are more likely now than they were in 1999 to view managed care negatively. Doctors do believe…

  • National Survey of Physicians Part II: Doctors and Prescription Drugs

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    With attention focused recently on direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs, findings from a new National Survey of Physicians by the Kaiser Family Foundation shed light on another factor in drug promotion that has received less attention -- promotion to physicians. Most physicians say they have received perks from a drug company representative, including free drug samples, meals, tickets to events, free travel and other incentives. When asked their views on information they receive from drug…