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1.    How important is each of the following to job creation and economic recovery?

Investing in education
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not too important
  • Not at all important
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
Providing tax cuts
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not too important
  • Not at all important
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
Investing in energy
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not too important
  • Not at all important
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
Investing in health research
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not too important
  • Not at all important
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
Supporting small businesses
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not too important
  • Not at all important
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
Investing in infrastructure
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not too important
  • Not at all important
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
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2.    When it comes to rising health care costs, would you say research to improve health is part of the problem or part of the solution?
  • Part of the problem
  • Part of the solution
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
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3.    As the nation implements health reform, what are your top priorities?

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4.    Which of the following statements most closely matches with your view of prevention and wellness?
  • Prevention and wellness reduce health care costs
  • Prevention and wellness increase health care costs
  • Prevention and wellness have no impact on health care costs
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
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5.    How important is research and development (R&D) to your state’s economy? Please comment on the importance of the federal government’s role in supporting R&D conducted in your state.
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not too important
  • Not at all important
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
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6.    Many governments have set a goal to spend 3% of gross domestic product on R&D and some, including Japan and Korea, have already exceeded this goal. How important do you think it is for the U.S. to achieve this goal?
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not too important
  • Not at all important
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
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7.    How important would you say it is that the U.S. work to improve health globally through research and development? Please comment on what role the federal government and other stakeholders (non-profits, foundations) should play in global health R&D.  
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not too important
  • Not at all important
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
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8.    How important do you think education and training in science, technology, engineering and mathematics is to U.S. competitiveness and our future economic prosperity?
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not too important
  • Not at all important
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
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9.    Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? “Even if it brings no immediate benefits, basic scientific research that advances the frontiers of knowledge is necessary and should be supported by the federal government.”
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
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10.    The following federal agencies play a role in improving the health of Americans through research and development. How important is it to increase funding for…

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not too important
  • Not at all important
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not too important
  • Not at all important
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
Food and Drug Administration
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not too important
  • Not at all important
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
National Institutes of Health
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not too important
  • Not at all important
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
National Science Foundation
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not too important
  • Not at all important
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
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11.    Would you say that the average amount of time it takes for the Food and Drug Administration to approve a drug, biological product or medical device and allow it to be sold to consumers is…
  • Too long
  • About right
  • Not long enough
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
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12.    More than 80% of the National Institutes of Health’s budget is distributed through grants to colleges, universities and other research institutions in every state across America. Which one of the following do you feel should have the most influence on how government funds for research to improve health are spent?
  • Elected officials
  • Patients
  • Scientists
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
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13.    Certain health issues are more prevalent among people with lower incomes and among certain racial and ethnic populations. How important do you feel it is for the federal government to support research to understand and eliminate these differences and achieve health equity?
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not too important
  • Not at all important
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
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14.    The health reform law established the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, a nonprofit corporation to support comparative effectiveness research, which is meant to compare ways to prevent, diagnose, treat and monitor health conditions in order to assist patients and health care providers in making informed decisions. What effect do you think the work of this Institute will have on our health system?
  • The work of the Institute will help improve health care
  • The work of the Institute will limit health care options
  • The work of the Institute will have no effect on health care
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
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15.    Do you support or oppose expanding federal funding for research using embryonic stem cells?
  • Support
  • Oppose
  • Don’t know
  • No opinion
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