Public Opinion Polling and Resources
Polling and data insights are critical to informing and understanding how we can develop proactive public policies that address the needs of patients. We are committed to listening to patient voices and drawing key insights from public opinion research to help shape the conversation surrounding these key issues.
Our Focus Areas for a Patient-Centered Health Care Agenda
Coverage and Affordability
Polling and data insights focused on Americans’ attitudes towards health care, coverage and the cost barriers that keep patients from accessing the health care they need.
Building a Better Health Care System
Polling and data insights focused on patient-centered policy solutions that address issues such as cost, access and threats to innovation.
Price Setting and Harmful Access Restrictions
Polling and data insights focused on understanding perceptions on proposed government price setting policies, potential tradeoffs and concerns over harmful implications to patient access and innovation.
Supporting a More Equitable Health Care System
Polling and data focused on understanding experiences and ways to improve health outcomes for patients in underserved communities.
Featured Polls
PhRMA’s Patient Experience Survey is a research initiative designed to explore the barriers patients face in accessing health care and prescription medicines. The robust quantitative data, coupled with qualitative interviews, secondary data and insights from think tanks, government and academia to reinforce findings, informs analysis that connects Americans’ real experiences to a policy agenda that addresses their needs and concerns.
The Patient Experience Survey: Barriers to Health Care Access in the Patient Experience (October 2021)
The Patient Experience Survey: Covered By Insurance But Still Exposed: Barriers to Care for Insured Americans (March 2022)
