Results of a recent survey show most consumers are concerned about their medical care and treatment.

The National Survey on Americans as Health Care Consumers: An Update on the Role of Quality Informationasked consumers how concerned they were “about a serious error or mistake leading to injury or harm happening to themselves or a family member in a variety of situations.”

The major concerns were:

• Going to a hospital for care — 74%
• Receiving health care in general — 71%
• Going to a doctor’s office for care — 62%
• Filling prescriptions at the pharmacy — 56%
• Eating food purchased at the supermarket — 54%
• Flying on a U.S. commercial airline — 53%

SOURCE: Dynamic Chiropractic, January 29, 2001, Vol. 19, No. 3, p. 1.