Patient Views - October 2012 Methodology

10/26/2012

AccentHealth collected data through an online survey conducted from Sept. 18 to Sept. 30, 2012. There were a total of 940 people who responded via AccentHealth's national, online panel of network viewers ages 18 years and up who opt-in to participate in reasearch with AccentHealth.

All data is self-reported and not validated using medical records.

Below is the demographic breakdown of the respondents and their behavior:

Gender

Health insurance coverage

Geographic distribution of sample

Age

Education

Marital Status

Source: AccentHealth

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