Health Services
This section provides data from the 2003, 2005 & 2007 HINTS surveys, including survey numbers, respondent characteristics, estimated U.S. population numbers, charts, and trends.
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| Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs, or government plans such as Medicare? | |||
| During the past 12 months, not counting times you went to an emergency room, how many times did you go to a doctor, nurse, or other health professional to get care for yourself? | |||
| Not including psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, is there a particular doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you see most often? | |
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| What kind of health professional do you see most often? Do you see a doctor, nurse, or some other health professional? | |
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| How often did they involve you in decisions about your health care as much as you wanted? | |
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| During the past 12 months, did you use any complementary, alternative, or uncoventional therapies such as herbal supplements, acupuncture, chiropractic, homeopathy, meditation, yoga, or Tai Chi? | |
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| Did you discuss your use of unconventional therapies with any of your doctors? | |
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| Overall, how would you rate the quality of health care you received in the last 12 months? | |
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| Some people avoid visiting their doctor even when they suspect they should. Would you say this is true for you, or not true for you? | |
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| I avoid seeing my doctor because I feel uncomfortable when my body is being examined. | |
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| I avoid seeing my doctor because I fear I may have a serious illness. | |
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| I avoid seeing my doctor because it makes me think about dying. | |
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| Are there any other reasons why you avoid seeing your doctor? | |
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| As far as you know, do your healthcare providers maintain your medical information in a portable, electronic format? | |
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| How important is it to you that your healthcare providers are able to share your medical information with each other electronically? | |
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| How important would it be for you to get your own medical information electronically? | |
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| In general, I think that the information I give doctors is safely guarded. | |
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| Scientists doing research should be able to review my medical information if the information cannot be linked to me personally. | |
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| Have you heard or read about any genetic tests? | |
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| Have you ever had a genetic test? | |
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| Have you ever heard of a clinical trial? | |
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