Fixing Health Care: What Women Want

American women want a health care system in which they and their families can conveniently obtain preventive services, see their personal physicians the day they become sick, and receive coordinated follow-up care if they require hospitalization or care from other physicians.

That is not what they usually encounter when they seek health care for themselves, their children, spouses or adult relatives, according to a poll released today by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). The poll, conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of the AAFP, obtained responses from 1,193 American women who said they were the primary health care decision makers for themselves and/or their family members.

Among the poll's findings: nearly 60 percent of respondents said they face challenges in obtaining health care for themselves and/or family members.

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[lnessa08]

Lots of information in a short time........it will create a massive awareness among the people on women health care.