YouGov US Survey Results
Isabel Healthcare
Sample Size: 2201
Fieldwork: 11 - 16 November 2005
Sampling Error : +/- 2%
		Are you?		Age				Household income range (What is the combined annual income of your household, taking all forms of income into account?)					Do you have any kind of medical insurance OTHER THAN Medicare and Medicaid?			Which of the following types of medical mistakes did you/ someone you know experience? [If this has happened more than once, please think of the most recent occasion]
	Total	Male	Female	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 65	Over 65	Under $30,000	$30,000-$60,000	$61,000-$100,000	More than $100,000	Prefer not to say	Yes	No	Not sure	Misdiagnosis (e.g. diagnosis being wrong, delayed or missed	Operative error (e.g. mistake made during a surgical operati	Medication error (e.g. wrong dose or drug given or prescribe	Other (please specify below)
Weighted N	2201	1081	1120	277	880	682	361	682	682	396	286	154	1450	702	35	391	141	185	58
Unweighted N	2201	795	1406	125	963	987	126	450	851	554	198	148	1530	638	20	402	150	188	54
Over the last 5 years have you OR someone you know (e.g. a friend or relative) experienced a medical mistake (e.g. misdiagnosis, surgery/operative or drug error etc) made by a physician, nurse or other healthcare professional?
Yes	35	34	37	34	34	40	33	35	35	33	41	35	35	38	13	100	100	100	100
No	58	60	56	56	59	55	61	55	61	62	54	51	60	53	48	0	0	0	0
Don’t know	7	6	8	11	7	5	6	10	5	4	5	14	5	9	38	0	0	0	0
		Are you?		Age				Household income range (What is the combined annual income of your household, taking all forms of income into account?)					Do you have any kind of medical insurance OTHER THAN Medicare and Medicaid?			Which of the following types of medical mistakes did you/ someone you know experience? [If this has happened more than once, please think of the most recent occasion]
	Total	Male	Female	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 65	Over 65	Under $30,000	$30,000-$60,000	$61,000-$100,000	More than $100,000	Prefer not to say	Yes	No	Not sure	Misdiagnosis (e.g. diagnosis being wrong, delayed or missed	Operative error (e.g. mistake made during a surgical operati	Medication error (e.g. wrong dose or drug given or prescribe	Other (please specify below)
Weighted N	776	369	408	92	295	270	119	238	236	131	117	55	501	270	5	391	141	185	58
Unweighted N	794	276	518	42	329	383	40	167	309	183	84	51	535	256	3	402	150	188	54
Which of the following types of medical mistakes did you/ someone you know experience? [If this has happened more than once, please think of the most recent occasion]
Misdiagnosis (e.g. diagnosis being wrong, delayed or missed completely)	50	48	53	62	51	47	46	46	48	59	58	43	53	45	46	100	0	0	0
Operative error (e.g. mistake made during a surgical operation or procedure)	18	19	18	12	18	18	24	17	23	15	14	20	19	16	15	0	100	0	0
Medication error (e.g. wrong dose or drug given or prescribed)	24	28	20	18	24	28	19	25	23	19	25	30	22	28	39	0	0	100	0
Other (please specify below)	8	6	9	8	7	7	11	12	6	7	3	7	6	11	0	0	0	0	100
Where did this mistake happen? In what type of facility did this mistake occur?
Hospital	53	51	55	51	57	46	63	53	54	53	49	59	52	55	61	41	88	46	72
Physician practice	41	43	38	46	38	46	30	40	39	40	48	36	41	40	39	55	9	40	22
Other	6	6	6	3	5	7	7	6	7	7	3	4	7	5	0	3	3	14	6
What was the result of the mistake?
Death	16	17	14	12	14	10	33	15	15	18	10	25	16	15	0	14	18	14	28
Permanent harm	19	16	21	18	19	20	16	23	17	18	18	15	18	21	0	18	38	7	19
Moderate harm	26	24	28	24	28	26	21	23	26	30	27	26	26	25	15	25	25	27	28
Slight harm	22	23	20	28	22	22	14	18	25	19	24	21	21	21	85	22	15	28	14
No harm	14	16	13	15	13	17	13	15	16	14	15	5	15	14	0	17	3	21	8
Don’t know	4	4	4	2	3	6	3	6	2	2	5	9	3	5	0	5	2	4	4
		Are you?		Age				Household income range (What is the combined annual income of your household, taking all forms of income into account?)					Do you have any kind of medical insurance OTHER THAN Medicare and Medicaid?			Which of the following types of medical mistakes did you/ someone you know experience? [If this has happened more than once, please think of the most recent occasion]
	Total	Male	Female	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 65	Over 65	Under $30,000	$30,000-$60,000	$61,000-$100,000	More than $100,000	Prefer not to say	Yes	No	Not sure	Misdiagnosis (e.g. diagnosis being wrong, delayed or missed	Operative error (e.g. mistake made during a surgical operati	Medication error (e.g. wrong dose or drug given or prescribe	Other (please specify below)
Weighted N	2201	1081	1120	277	880	682	361	682	682	396	286	154	1450	702	35	391	141	185	58
Unweighted N	2201	795	1406	125	963	987	126	450	851	554	198	148	1530	638	20	402	150	188	54
When seeing a physician, which of the following would you be most concerned about?
Misdiagnosis (e.g. diagnosis not being made correctly or soon enough)	55	54	55	56	56	54	51	56	53	52	60	54	55	55	52	66	74	64	50
Medication error (e.g. wrong dose or wrong drug being prescribed)	21	17	24	26	20	19	22	19	21	21	17	29	20	21	34	20	19	25	28
Other (please specify below)	5	5	5	2	5	8	5	7	4	5	4	4	5	7	0	5	4	4	17
I would not be concerned about anything	19	23	16	16	19	19	21	17	21	22	19	14	21	17	14	8	3	7	5
Which of the following would you be most concerned about if being treated at a hospital? [Please think ONLY of ‘medical mistakes’ like the ones listed below, and NOT of wider problems in healthcare such as MRSA/ hospital infections, waiting times etc].
Misdiagnosis (e.g. diagnosis not being made correctly or soon enough)	23	24	21	20	24	22	23	25	22	21	20	28	21	26	11	23	16	27	16
Operative error (e.g. mistake being made during a surgical pocedure)	44	41	47	58	45	39	42	45	46	43	44	39	44	43	63	49	69	40	31
Medication error (e.g. wrong dose or drug being given)	16	15	17	9	13	21	19	14	15	16	20	23	17	13	21	19	12	26	16
Other (please specify below)	5	5	5	2	5	7	5	7	5	4	5	2	5	6	0	5	3	3	29
I would not be concerned about anything	12	14	10	11	12	11	11	10	13	16	11	8	12	11	5	4	0	3	9
		Are you?		Age				Household income range (What is the combined annual income of your household, taking all forms of income into account?)					Do you have any kind of medical insurance OTHER THAN Medicare and Medicaid?			Which of the following types of medical mistakes did you/ someone you know experience? [If this has happened more than once, please think of the most recent occasion]
	Total	Male	Female	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 65	Over 65	Under $30,000	$30,000-$60,000	$61,000-$100,000	More than $100,000	Prefer not to say	Yes	No	Not sure	Misdiagnosis (e.g. diagnosis being wrong, delayed or missed	Operative error (e.g. mistake made during a surgical operati	Medication error (e.g. wrong dose or drug given or prescribe	Other (please specify below)
Weighted N	2201	1081	1120	277	880	682	361	682	682	396	286	154	1450	702	35	391	141	185	58
Unweighted N	2201	795	1406	125	963	987	126	450	851	554	198	148	1530	638	20	402	150	188	54
And if your physician referred to a specialized computer system during your visit that reminded him/ her of things that might be wrong with you based on your symptoms/complaints, would you...? [Please tick all that apply]
Approve	48	50	45	39	47	51	49	42	49	51	57	44	51	41	28	48	42	48	44
Be reassured	38	39	36	40	36	35	44	40	36	39	38	29	38	36	40	40	38	39	45
Disapprove	5	4	7	9	6	6	1	7	5	4	4	7	4	8	5	5	8	5	14
Have less faith in your doctor	12	11	13	19	13	11	7	14	13	9	11	13	10	15	25	11	19	13	18
Other	2	2	3	4	2	1	5	4	2	1	2	1	2	2	11	3	2	1	0
It would make no difference to me	16	15	17	20	17	14	15	16	16	16	13	26	15	18	24	18	13	13	15
Sampling Error : +/- 2%