Questions about Patient-Provider Interactions from the National Survey of Health Information and Communication, 2017 (N = 1,744)
| Question or Statement | Weighted Percentage of Answer | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Do Not Know | |
| As a result of seeing or hearing an ad for a prescription drug, have you ever talked with a health care provider about a medical condition or illness that you had not talked to a health care provider about before? | 20.1 | 71.1 | 8.8 |
| As a result of seeing or hearing an ad for a prescription drug, have you ever talked with a health care provider about a specific prescription drug you saw or heard advertised? | 26.1 | 70.0 | 3.9 |
| If yes*: Did you specifically ask a health care provider to prescribe the drug you saw or heard advertised? | 32.5 | 63.5 | 4.0 |
| If yes*: Did the health care provider… | |||
| Recommend lifestyle changes, such as getting more exercise or changes in diet. | 60.0 | N/A | N/A |
| Give you a prescription for the drug you saw or heard advertised. | 16.1 | N/A | N/A |
| Give you a prescription for a different drug. | 21.9 | N/A | N/A |
| Not give you any prescription at all. | 42.6 | N/A | N/A |
| Prescription drug advertising has caused me to: | |||
| Talk with my health care provider about symptoms I’ve experienced. | 34.6 | 65.4 | N/A |
| Talk with my health care provider about drug side effects I’ve experienced. | 27.4 | 72.6 | N/A |
| Question the advice of my health care provider. | 16.0 | 84.0 | N/A |
| Experience conflict with a health care provider. | 4.8 | 95.2 | N/A |
↵* These questions were asked of the subset of respondents who answered “yes” to the question “As a result of seeing or hearing an ad for a prescription drug, have you ever talked with a health care provider about a specific prescription drug you saw or heard advertised?” Percentages reflect the weighted proportion of the subset who gave each response.