How health care costs affect households.

Hello,
I invite you to participate in my survey to determine the effect of health care costs on American households. Included are questions regarding your personal (out of pocket) health care expenses and your opinion on better practices to reduce costs. Remember these questions are regarding your care provider and not your insurance provider. Please answer the questions as accurately as you can.

What is your estimated yearly out of pocket health care cost?

$0-500

$500-1000

$1000-1500

$1500+

On average, how much do your health care costs negatively effect your family budget?

Excessively

Regularly

Seldom

Never

How satisfied are you with you current health care provider?

In what ways could your health care provider improve (Select all that apply)?

Cost of care

Placement of care facilities

Quality of care

Please rank (1-3) the following in order of preference:

Intermountain Healthcare
MountainStar Hospitals
Other

How much effort do you feel your health care provider puts into the following?

Improving care facilities

Improving quality of care

Reducing health care costs

What quality of treatment do you feel you receive?

Good

Poor

If your care provider, after cutting their costs, could do one of the following, which would you prefer?

Add additional facilities

Improve care treatment options

Reduce MY out of pocket expense

A group purchasing organization can help hospitals reduce costs by buying supplies at a lower cost. How supportive would you be of your health care provider joining a GPO?