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Survey on Health Care System
Methodology
The World Health Care Congress partnered with Harris Interactive
to conduct this poll of attendees of the World Health Care Congress.
The results are based on 106 interviews that were conducted online
by sending an email invitation to all attendees for whom the WHCC
had an email address. The invitation contained a link that sent
attendees to a website where they were able to take the survey.
Some Key Findings
The three biggest threats to the organizations
attending the
Congress are perceived to be:
- The rate of increase of health care spending
- The erosion of employer-provided insurance
- The increasing numbers of uninsured and underinsured
The most significant opportunities for attendees are thought to
be:
- The adoption of information technology
- The evolution of employer-provided insurance
- Increasing prevalence of chronic medical conditions
- Rate of increase in health care spending
On balance (using median responses) most attendees expect
that in the next ten years:
- The number of uninsured will increase to 18% of the
population
- Health care spending will increase to 18% of GDP
- The number of insured employees will fall from 67% to
55%
- Out-of-pocket spending will increase from 17% to 25%
of all health care costs
- The proportion of Medicare beneficiaries insured by the
private sector will increase from 12% to 16%
Majorities also anticipate that:
- The proportion of hospital bed provided by investor-owned
hospital will rise
- The proportion of health insurance provided by investor-owned
companies will rise
- Tiering of the system will increase
Large numbers of attendees see many ways to contain costs which
are both desirable and effective. Their priorities for cost
containment are:
- Improving quality of care through IT, practice guidelines
and other proposals made by the I.O.M.
- Increasing the efficiency of providers
- Disease management programs
- Having a really competitive market
- Reducing administrative costs of the reimbursement system
The overwhelming majority believes that maintaining the current
system with its great price differential for pharmaceuticals between
the U.S. and Canada or Europe is unsustainable.
ORGANIZATION
THAT YOU REPRESENT OR WORK FOR
“Which of the following best describes the organization
that you represent or work for?"
BIGGEST THREAT OVER NEXT 2 TO 5 YEARS
“Looking ahead to the next 2 to 5 years, which two do you
think are the most serious threats to your sector
of the health care industry?”
MOST
SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES
“Which two of these do you think are the most significant
opportunities for your sector of the health care industry?”
SOME
HOPES, FEARS AND EXPECTATIONS ON KEY MEASURES
“Please note for each of the following what you would like
it to be in ten years and what you think it will be in ten years.”
SOME
MORE HOPES
“Please note for each of the following what you would like
it to be in ten years.”
SOME
MORE EXPECTATIONS
“Please note for each of the following what you think it
will be in ten years.”
ARE
U.S. PREMIUM DRUG PRICES SUSTAINABLE?
“Looking ahead ten years, do you think it will be possible
to sustain a system in which the price differential for pharmaceuticals
between the U.S., Canada and Europe is as great as it is today?”
EFFECTIVE
AND DESIRABLE WAYS TO CONTAIN COSTS
“Which of the following do you think are both effective
and desirable ways of containing health care costs?”
TWO
BEST WAYS TO CONTAIN COSTS
“And which two of them would be your top two priorities?”
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