Hospitals & Service Providers: Thought Leadership
Client: AmSurg, the nation’s largest outpatient surgery center company
Issue: To determine public perceptions regarding the need for and value of colon cancer screening (colonoscopy).
Custom Research Design: National telephone opinion poll of 800 consumers
Key Findings:
- Identified key reasons why people have or have not gotten a colonoscopy
- Showed differences in awareness about colon cancer and colon cancer screening by demographic indicators such as gender, education, etc.
- Determined the potential importance of both mass media and physicians in influencing more people to get a colonoscopy
Research ROI: Company used the results to generate favorable publicity both at the national level and it the local markets where it is active. Results led to creation of a separate advertising campaign that is now being pilot tested as a way of driving more business to its local diagnostic centers.
