July 26, 2005 - Medicare, enacted 40 years ago this month, has been a success in ensuring that elderly and disabled Americans have access to medical care, say the overwhelming majority of respondents to the latest Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders survey, an online survey of widely recognized U.S. experts in health care practice and policy.
June 24, 2005 - The Commonwealth Fund Survey of Older Adults, conducted from September to November of 2004, presents new information on the health and financial security of adults ages 50 to 70. The survey finds widespread support among older adults for policies that would help them save for their future health and long-term care costs not covered by Medicare, as well as broad support for policies that would allow them to buy into Medicare before age 65.
June 1, 2005 - This survey found that few doctors have incorporated quality improvement methods into their practices. Only one-third of doctors have been involved in any redesign efforts aimed at improving performance, and just a third have access to any data about the quality of their own clinical performance.
May 13, 2005 - Rewarding more efficient and high-quality providers ranked first among effective ways to cut health care costs, according to the latest Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders survey, an online survey of widely recognized U.S. experts in health care practice and policy.
February 24, 2005 - The Fund's latest online survey of health care experts finds much agreement about how to help small employers and the self-employed join together to buy health benefits and share the advantages of large group purchasing. Most respondents favor options similar to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, is designed to provide an ongoing measure of expert views of key policy issues. March 8, 2005
December 28, 2004 - The first in a new Fund series of online surveys of health care experts finds broad consensus that covering the uninsured and improving quality and safety of care should be Congress' top two health care priorities over the next five years. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, is designed to provide an ongoing measure of expert views of health policy priorities and options for addresing key issues.
October 27, 2004 - According to this survey of patients in five industrialized nations, a serious shortfall in the delivery of safe, effective, timely, or patient-centered primary care is an international problem.
August 6, 2004 - This survey assessed insurance status, medical debt, the importance of health care as an election issue, policy options for paying for care and covering the uninsured, and more.
July 22, 2004 - The most recent Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey asked hospital executives in five countries—Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States—for their views of their nation's health care system, the level and quality of hospital resources, and efforts to improve quality of care.
March 30, 2004 - This survey found that rising health insurance premiums have caused many employers to shift more of the cost of coverage to their employees. It also found widespread support for reforms to strengthen the job-based health insurance system.
May 1, 2003 - This survey asked patients in five English-speaking nations about quality of care, focusing on medical errors, patient-physician communication and coordination of care.
August 8, 2002 - This survey was designed to assess a number of issues related to employer-sponsored coverage, including trends in premiums, deductibles, level of benefits, and overall health costs.
May 1, 2002 - This survey assessed how satisfied citizens of five English-speaking countries were with their health care systems, and the relationship between income and such issues as access to care.
March 1, 2002 - This survey assessed racial and ethnic differences in patient experiences with the health care system, focusing on such quality measures as patient-physician communication and access to care.
December 1, 2001 - This survey assessed the degree to which working-age adults had been uninsured for at least some period of time during the past year and how their insurance status was related to such issues as accessing health care or paying medical bills.