Public support for policies that would help people with chronic conditions

Health Affairs

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 264-270

  Thamer, Mae ^a   Hwang, Wenke ^b   Anderson, Gerard F ^b  

^a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; TAX; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; TAX EXEMPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036631639     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.21.4.264     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. The survey was conducted by Harris Interactive. Participating households were identified using random-digit-dialing procedures for U.S. telephone numbers. Efforts were made to increase the response rate and to encourage participation. Specially trained interviewers called back people who had initially refused to participate and offered them a financial incentive ($15) for their participation. The adult with the most recent birthday in the household was identified and asked to participate. Eligibility was limited to English and Spanish speakers. A total of 2,970 persons were contacted, and 1,663 completed the survey. The response rate of 56 percent was calculated as the percentage of eligible households for which an interview was completed.
2. Each respondent was read the following: "I'm going to read you a list of proposed health reforms that might be passed by Congress. For each, please indicate if you would strongly support it, somewhat support it, somewhat oppose it, or strongly oppose it." Only those respondents who reported strong support for each initiative were further queried, "How willing are you to support [each specific initiative] if it meant a $250 increase in your taxes? Would you be very willing, somewhat willing, or not at all willing?" Only those respondents who reported being somewhat or very willing to pay $250 were further queried, "How willing are you to support [each specific initiative] if it meant a $500 increase in your taxes?"
3. Dan Crippen, director, Congressional Budget Office, testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, 27 March 2001.
4. S. Hagen, Projections of Expenditures for Long-Term Care Services for the Elderly (Washington: CBO, 1999).
5. Office of the Press Secretary, "President Clinton and Vice President Gore Unveil Historic Long-Term Care Initiative to Support Family Caregivers and Help Address Growing Long-Term Care Needs," 4 January 1998.
6. R. Friedland and L. Shirey, Defining Common Ground: Long-Term Care Financing Reform in 2001 (Washington: Georgetown University, Center on an Aging Society, 2001).
7. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health, National Survey on Medicare, conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates of 1,909 adults, 14 August-20 September 1998.
8. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare Chartbook, 2d ed. (Menlo Park, Calif.: Kaiser Family Foundation, Fall 2001), 59, Figure 46.