Additionally, 90 percent would choose a physician to lead their “ideal medical team,” while only 1 in 10 respondents would choose a nurse, nurse practitioner, physician assistant or chiropractor to do the same.
“Americans clearly prefer that their healthcare be physician-led when asked to choose between physician[s] and nurse practitioners,” Chris Jackson, research director at Ipsos Public Affairs, said in a news release. “Americans also associate the physicians more strongly with the most desirable healthcare characteristics indicating their greater comfort with medical doctors.”
Results are based on a survey of 1,000 adults and 363 opinion leaders (people registered to vote, have at least a college degree, are over 25, are employed or looking for work, make more than $50,000 annually, are heavy news consumers and are politically engaged) conducted between Nov. 8 and Nov. 15.
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