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What percentage of adults research the price of care at a hospital?
Submitted by Charlene Ice on Wed, 06/30/2021 - 15:37
- Total: 14%
- Age 18-29: 23%
- Age 30-49: 16%
- Age 50-64: 10%
- Age 65 & older: 9%
- Household income less than $40,000: 11%
- Household income $40,000 - $89,999: 19%
- Household income $90,000 or more: 17%
- Democrat: 16%
- Republican: 10%
- Independent: 14%
Notes: From a report entitled, "Few adults are aware of hospital price transparency requirements," by Nisha Kurani, Audrey Kearney, Ashley Kirzinger, and Cynthia Cox. Percentages denote adults who (personally or a family member) had gone online to research the price of a treatment at a hospital in the past six months, based on data from the KFF Health Tracking Poll, May 2021.
Source: Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker, June 28, 2021
Source URL: https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/few-adults-are-awa...
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