Siemens Medical Solutions

Healthcare costs tops list of Americans' concerns

Published in Physician Law Weekly, March 10th, 2004

Forty-one percent of Americans say their greatest hospital healthcare concern is cost, while 25% cite quality of care.

This and other consumer attitudes and concerns about healthcare were released from a survey commissioned by Siemens Medical Solutions. The survey was conducted among a sample of more than 2,000 Americans who were either hospitalized or responsible for assisting in the admittance of another person to the hospital within the last 5 years.

"In an environment where the costs of healthcare are increasingly passed on to the consumer, it is not surprising that a high percentage of respondents selected cost over quality as their biggest...

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Source: Physician Law Weekly (2004-03-10)

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