Tag: poll
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Kentuckians want next administration and legislature to work on reducing health costs and improving the state’s health
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Reducing the costs of health care and improving the state’s health are two of the top five priorities Kentuckians want their next governor and...
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Federal agency offers a consumer-friendly website that ranks patients’ experiences in your local hospitals
Consumers now have access to a website that ranks 3,500 hospitals around the country on patients’ experiences to help them choose a hospital and better understand the quality of care...
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Most Kentuckians don’t think insurance rates should be higher for the obese, but are divided on increasing smokers’ rates
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News By a very small margin, Kentuckians think insurance rates should be higher for smokers if the insurance company provides a free smoking cessation program,...
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Higher-income Kentuckians’ reported health keeps declining; reports from those with lower incomes go up, marginally
A statewide poll again finds that Kentuckians with higher incomes consider themselves in better health than those with lower incomes. The latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll, taken Oct. 8 through...
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Poll: Ky. parents think children’s school lunches are very or somewhat nutritious, but they want more scratch-made options
Kentucky Health News Most Kentucky parents think school lunches are nutritious, but should offer more made from-scratch options, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll. The poll, taken Oct.8...
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Kentuckians split on taxing sugary drinks to pay for nutrition and physical-activity programs, but like warning labels for such drinks
Should soda and other sugary drinks be taxed to fund school nutrition and physical activity programs? Kentucky adults are almost evenly divided on the issue, but the majority of them...
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Most Kentuckians don’t communicate with doctors electronically; most are confident about access to pricing information for care
Most Kentuckians don’t communicate with their doctor electronically, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll. The poll, taken Oct.8-Nov.6, found that 73 percent of Kentuckians have not communicated with...
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Poll illustrates how having insurance and access to a health care provider doesn’t mean you can afford the care
Just because a person has appropriate access to a health care provider doesn’t mean they can afford to pay for their services, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll....
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Economic upturn boosts share of Kentuckians on employer-based health coverage; health reform boosts number on public plans
Half of Kentucky’s working-age adults now get health insurance through their employers, up from 37 percent two years ago, reversing a downward trend that began with the Great Recession. Meanwhile,...
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Poll shows more issues with heroin, fewer with pain pills
The latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll backs up law-enforcement opinion that Kentucky’s metropolitan areas are experiencing increased problems with heroin use as misuse of prescription pain relievers such as OxyContin, Vicodin,...