IBM Watson Health PULSE® Health Polls

53% said they planned to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, 29% said they would not and 19% said they did not know if they would receive one.
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48% of all respondents said the reason for postponing healthcare services was COVID-19. Cost (5.7%) was the second most frequently stated reason.
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35% said they would get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it becomes available, 41% said they would wait before deciding whether to get the vaccine, and 19% said they would not get it.
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75% said they are either Comfortable or Very Comfortable sharing COVID-19 test results with their employer. This rate tends to increase with increasing age, level of education and income.
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68% of respondents said that they Always wear a mask when in public, while 6% said that they Never/Rarely wear one. 
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91% of U.S. healthcare consumers surveyed said that they wear a mask when in public. For those who do not wear a mask, the most common reasons given were Difficult to Breathe (20%), Don’t Feel at Risk (18%), Don’t Need (17%) and Masks Not Effective (16%).
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84% of U.S. healthcare consumers surveyed said they would continue to wear a mask as states lift COVID-19 restrictions. 13% said they would not continue or are not now wearing a mask.
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As businesses start to re-open, 25% of U.S healthcare consumers said they are Very Comfortable returning to their workplace, and 8% said they are Not At All Comfortable.
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We asked U.S. healthcare consumers about COVID-19. 48% of respondents said they have delayed routine healthcare appointments.
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We asked healthcare consumers about medication compliance. In the last 90 days, 55% of all respondents said they had received a prescription.
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Eleven percent of respondents said they had been notified by a healthcare provider that their information had been compromised, which is the same rate as reported in 2017 (11%) and is higher than 2014 (5%).
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About 2 out of 3 respondents say they would switch healthcare providers if offered a cost savings. Read more about how factors, such as age and income level, affect responses.
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This health poll asked respondents about their anger. Overall, 84% of respondents said they felt Americans are angrier than they were a generation ago.
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This health poll asked respondents about healthcare costs and the accessibility of price information. One in three looked for healthcare prices in the past month, and 72% found them.
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This Health Poll asked respondents about pain. Overall, 18% of respondents said that pain has often interfered with their work, school or daily activities.
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