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Healthcare organizations must stay abreast of issues related to their patients, doctors and communities. This process involves an exploration of patient preferences and employee needs as well as community decisions. How can you keep up with this constantly evolving information? Through market research.

The Key Findings newsletter highlights many of the current trends and insights healthcare professionals need to know about the marketplace. Features delve into market research issues surrounding America's healthcare industry. Special Reports take you one step further to provide in-depth information about markets' specific behaviors and preferences.

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KEY FINDINGS NEWSLETTER

November/December 2004 Issue

Health Insurance Coverage Drops
According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute, the proportion of Americans . . .
   Seniors Increasingly Look to Web for Health Information
Currently, 5.5 million seniors in the US use the . . .

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US Lags Behind in Working Conditions Affecting Families and Children
America has a good . . . 
   Biometric Technologies Use in Healthcare Organizations
In response to the need for greater security within . . . 

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Leading Worries of Working Women
More than six in 10 working women (62%) earn one-half or more of their families' . . .
   Qualities Americans Desire in the Opposite Sex
The top traits people find most desirable in the opposite sex are being . . .

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Webby Awards for Best Web Sites
The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences has been honoring the design . . .
  

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Bullets

  • Almost one-fifth of adult Americans, including 26% of women and 12% of men, are currently on a diet.
  • One in five (19%) Americans think hospitals should be run by for-profit companies, while 21% believe the same way about nursing homes, 22% about health insurance, 25% about homecare, and 37% about pharmaceutical manufacturing.
  • The average woman uses nine cosmetics and other personal care products each day.

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