Crucial Conversations Grant Awarded!
The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust has recently awarded Oregon Health Decisions a three-year grant for $128,000 with a portion of the funds being contingent upon a 1:1 match to implement an interactive training and educational program titled "Crucial Conversations". Read more here >>

Health Values Survey 2004
The Health Values Survey 2004 was conducted for the Oregon Health Policy Commission as part of their outreach to connect their work with the values of Oregon citizens. This report includes relevant comparisons with data from OHD surveys conducted in 1996 and 2000. Click here for the full PDF report.(1.68 MB)

Health Values Survey 2004, PowerPoint presentation of major findings
(pdf file for download, 381 KB)

Making Health Policy 2000
A six month project of Oregon Health Decisions funded by the Oregon Department of Human Resources. The project used community meetings and a telephone survey to identify citizens values about pursuing universal coverage and controlling the costs of health care. Click here for the full report.

Searching for Fairness: Citizens' Values about Financing Health Care
This is the 1998 addition to the Oregon Health Decisions series of citizen participation projects. It was conducted on behalf of the Oregon Health Council, the state's principal health policy advisory body. More than 2200 citizens participated in community meetings throughout the state to explore what makes for a fair system of sharing the burden of collectively financed health care. They pointed to five key values: equality, responsibility, participation, efficiency, and access. For information about how to get a copy of this report contact Oregon Health Decisions.

Oregon Health Decisions 1996 Health Care Values Survey
Executive Summary of the OHD opinion survey of Oregonians values about access, financing, and quality of care. This is the first of a planned series of biannual surveys to track citizens' basic values as a guide to health policy directions in the state. Click here for the full report.