The Hispanic Consumer: 2008 Survey of Health Care ConsumersHispanics actively use Web sites for health information; 3 of 4 favor employer wellness programs and narrower provisions in |
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In its new study of American health care consumers, the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions examined what the nation’s largest ethnic groups think and do about their health care.
The survey found that Hispanics:
- Use health Web sites to access medical and treatment information
- Are inclined to accept reduced coverage for reduced cost more frequently than other ethnic groups identified in the survey
- Are willing to travel abroad for medical procedures if it means health care costs are cut by half
- Support the idea of employer wellness programs if it means reduced premiums and low co-pays.
Among the survey’s key statistical findings for Hispanics include:
- 19 percent get ‘quality of care’ information from health Web sites, compared to less than 15 percent of respondents overall
- 31 percent actively used health Web sites over the past 24 months; the overall average was about one in four
- 51 percent say they would engage in ‘medical tourism’ if the quality was comparable and cost was less, against a 39 percent response of all survey participants willing to travel abroad for care
- 65.6 percent would use a narrower “provider panel” of services in exchange for a reduced premium
- 74.4 percent expressed interest in participating in employer wellness programs if it means reduced premiums and lower co-pays
- 85 percent said they would support or consider supporting a national program of incentives for doctors to adhere to evidence-based standards
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