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The Kansas Hospital Association conducted a public opinion survey in December 2008 to gather input from Kansas residents about health care issues in Kansas. This is a PDF file of the Complete Report which includes the district data results and the su
This PowerPoint presentation highlights the results of the Kansas Hospital Association public opinion survey. The survey was conducted in December 2008 to gather input from Kansas residents about health care issues in Kansas.
During December 2008, ETC Institute administered a statewide survey to residents of Kansas. The purpose of the survey was to gather input from residents about a wide range of health related issues. This was the third time the Kansas Hospital Association has administered the survey. The first survey was administered during the spring of 2006.
The survey was administered by phone to a stratified random sample of 601 Kansas residents. At least 100 surveys were completed in each of the Kansas Hospital Association’s six districts. The overall results of the resident survey have a precision of at least +/ 3.9% at the 95% level of confidence. In general, changes of 4% or more from 2007 to 2008 were statistically significant.
The three issues that Kansas residents were most likely to rate as a major or minor problem were: (1) the high number of uninsured people in Kansas, (2) state budget cuts for health care, and (3) the cost of health care services. There was a significant decrease in the percentage of residents who thought the availability of nurses was a problem. There was also a significant decrease in the percentage of residents who rated access to health care services as a problem.
Nineteen percent (19%) of those surveyed reported they thought there was a shortage of health care professionals in the area where they live that affected their ability to get health care. Of the nineteen percent of respondents that reported they felt there was a shortage of health care professionals, 55% thought that primary care physicians were the type of health care professionals there was a shortage of in their area, 45% thought there was a shortage of specialists, and 14% thought there was a shortage of nurses.
More than three fourths (80%) of those surveyed think their local hospital provides safe health care and takes appropriate action to minimize the risk of infections; 13% did not, and 7% did not have an opinion.
The majority of those surveyed (79%) reported they thought government programs like Medicare and Medicaid should cover at least what it costs
hospitals and doctors to provide health care services. Ten percent(10%) did not think Medicare and Medicaid should cover at least what it costs hospitals and doctors to provide health care services, and 11% did not have an opinion.
Forty-eight percent (48%) of those surveyed indicated that they were either “very concerned” or “somewhat concerned” about the possibility of losing their health care coverage in the near future; 47% indicated that they were not concerned, and 5% did not know.
Seventy-five percent (75%) of those surveyed indicated that they would be either “very supportive” or “somewhat supportive” of raising the State tax on a package of cigarettes by 75 cents if the tax increase was used to fund public
health care services in Kansas; 19% were not supportive and 6% did not have an opinion.
Seventy-four percent (74%) of those surveyed indicated that they would support a publicly funded program that provides health care coverage to all Kansas children; 15% were not supportive and 11% did not have an opinion.