Consumer Choice

Consumer Choice
For 14 years, National Research Corporation has presented annually the Consumer Choice Awards for the most-preferred hospitals for quality and image in more than 300 U.S. Markets.

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NRC Announces the Release of the 2009/10 Healthcare Market Guide Online

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National Research Corporation is pleased to announce the release of the 2009/10 edition of the NRC Healthcare Market Guide Online.  The first edition of the NRC Healthcare Market Guide was released in 1987, and we're proud to celebrate our 20-year plus history of providing hospitals nationwide with the most comprehensive and trusted source of consumer market information. 

We are excited to provide to you all the robust content from last year's edition, plus several expanded areas including reasons for selecting hospital last used for inpatient and outpatient surgery services, distance traveled in the outmigration section, and retail/mini-clinic usage in the physician section.

For more information on the new edition click here.

NRC Healthcare Market Guide Data Supports Research on Disparities in Healthcare

An article appearing in the American Journal of Medical Quality used NRC Healthcare Market Guide data as the basis for a paper published in its July/August issue. The article, "Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Satisfaction With Health Care" examines the effect of Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status on Healthcare satisfaction.

Eliminating disparity in Healthcare satisfaction and outcome is one of two primary goals of Healthy People 2010, a set of national health objectives for the years 2000 through 2010. Healthy People 2010 builds on goals outlined in the 1979 Surgeon General's Report, "Healthy People, and Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention".

Using 2001 Healthcare Market Guide data on health plans, physicians, health facilities and health status, researchers analyzed that data by race/ethnicity and poverty status.
Their findings, based on the NRC Healthcare Market Guide and Consumer Assessments of Health Plans data, support reports of continuing racial/ethnic disparities. The authors recommended that further improvement programs be targeted correct these disparities.

More information
To read the abstract click here: 

Healthy People 2010

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HCMG: Women Comprise the Majority of Primary Healthcare Decision Makers

According to the 2006/07 Healthcare Market Guide, in the National market, women comprise 68.9% of household healthcare decision makers.

What is the percentage of female healthcare decision makers in your market?  And which facilities do these decisions makers prefer for service lines devoted to women?  For answers to these questions, clients can log on to the NRC Healthcare Market Guide, and explore the Community Needs Assessment and Product Line Preference sections.

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