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Harvard Opinion Research Program (HORP)

The Harvard Opinion Research Program (HORP) conducts and analyzes public opinion research about public health and emergencies, health care policy, economic and social policies, international public health, and elections, revealing the attitudes and experiences shaping health and politics across the U.S. and around the world.

Phone 617-432-2859

Other Publications 

  • Kyle MA, Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Abrams MK, Schneider EC. Financial Hardships Of Medicare Beneficiaries With Serious Illness. Health Aff (Millwood). 2019;38(11):1801-1806. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00362
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Botta MD, Weldon KJ, “Users’ Views of Dietary Supplements.” JAMA Internal Medicine, doi:10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.311, January 14th, 2013
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Brule A, “Implications of the 2012 Election for Health Care: The Voters’ Perspective.” New England Journal of Medicine, 367 (25):2443-2447; doi: 10.1056/NEJMsr1213905, December 20th, 2012
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “The Public, Taxes, and the Fiscal Cliff.” Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs, 55(6):5-25, November/December 2012
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Brule A, “Understanding Health Care in the 2012 Election.” New England Journal of Medicine, doi: 10.1056/NEJMsr1211472, October 10th, 2012
  • Blendon RJ, Abiola A, Benson J, “Evidence-Based Policymaking in a Polarized Environment: Can the IPAB Bridge the Gap?” Health Affairs Blog, , 15-Jun-12
  • Kim MK, Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “What Is Driving People’s Dissatisfaction with Their Own Health Care in Seventeen Latin American Countries?” Health Expectations, doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2012.0077.x, 19-Apr-12
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Botta MD, Zeldow D, Kim MK, “A Four-Country Survey of Public Attitudes towards Restricting Healthcare Costs by Limiting the Use of High-Cost Medical Interventions” BMJ Open, 2(3):e001087, doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001087, May 14th, 2012
  • Blendon RJ, Kim MK, Benson JM, “The Public, Political Parties, and Stem-Cell Research.” New England Journal of Medicine, 365(20):1853-1856, 17-Nov-11
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “Partisan Conflicts among the Public on the Economy and the Budget Deficit in 2011.” Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs, 54(5):5-17, September/October 2011
  • Steelfisher G, Blendon RJ, Ross LJ, Collins BC, Ben-Porath EN, Bekheit MM, Mailhot JR, “Public Response to an Anthrax Attack: Reactions to Mass Prophylaxis in a Scenario Involving Inhalation Anthrax from an Unidenti?ed Source.” Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science, 9(3), 8-Aug-11
  • Abiola SE, Gonzales R, Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “Survey In Sub-Saharan Africa Shows Substantial Support For Government Efforts To Improve Health Services.” Health Affairs, 30(8):1478-1487, August 1, 2011
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “The Public’s Views about Medicare and the Budget Deficit.” New England Journal of Medicine, 365:e8, 28-Jul-11
  • Steelfisher GK, Blendon RJ, Bekheit MM, Mitchell EW, Williams J, Lubell K, Peugh J, DiSogra CA, “Novel Pandemic A (H1N1) Influenza Vaccination among Pregnant Women: Motivators and Barriers.” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 204(6 Suppl 1):S116-23, June 2011
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “Health Care in the 2010 Congressional Election.” New England Journal of Medicine, 363:e30, 11-Nov-10
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, SteelFisher GK, Connolly JM, “Americansí Conflicting Views about the Public Health System, and How to Shore Up Support.” Health Affairs, 29(11):2033-2040, Nov-10
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “Public Opinion, the Deep Recession, and the 2010 Elections.” Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs, 53(5):14-33, September/October 2010
  • Steelfisher GK, Blendon RJ, Bekheit MM, Lubell K, “The Public’s Response to the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic.” New England Journal of Medicine, 362:e65, 3-Jun-10
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “Public Opinion at the Time of the Vote on Health Care Reform.” New England Journal of Medicine, 362:e55, 22-Apr-10
  • Oakman TS, Blendon RJ, Campbell AL, Zaslavsky AM, Benson JM, “A Partisan Divide on the Uninsured.” Health Affairs, 29(4):706-711, Apr-10
  • SteelFisher G, Weldon K, Benson JM, Blendon RJ, “Public Perceptions of Food Recalls and Production Safety.” Journal of Food Safety, 30(4): 848-866, Nov-10
  • Blake KD, Blendon RJ, Viswanath K, “Employment and Compliance with Pandemic Influenza Mitigation Recommendations.” Emerging Infectious Diseases, 16(2):212-218, Feb-10
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “The American Public and the Next Phase of the Health Care Reform Debate.” New England Journal of Medicine, 361(21):e48(1-4), 19-Nov-09
  • SteelFisher GK, Blendon RJ, Sussman T, Connolly JM, Benson JM, Herrmann MJ, “Physiciansí Views of the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Law ñ A Poll.” New England Journal of Medicine, 361(19):e39(1-6), 5-Nov-09
  • Blendon RJ, Connolly JM, Benson JM, Buhr T, Pollard WE, Mitchell EW, “Challenges Faced by the Chronically Ill and Disabled in High-Risk Hurricane Areas.” Journal of Emergency Management, 7(6):19-28, November/December 2009
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Fleischfresser C, Weldon K, Jovell AJ, Dolors Navarro M, Gabriele J, Fern·ndez L, “” El Capital Social y la InmigraciÛn en CataluÒa, Barcelona: Obra Social de Caixa Catalunya, 2009
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “Understanding How Americans View Health Care Reform.” New England Journal of Medicine, e-publication, 361(09):e13(1-4), 27-Aug-09
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “America’s Response to a Deep Recession.” Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs, 52(4):32-52, July/August 2008
  • Sussman T, Blendon RJ, Campbell AL, “Will Americans Support the Individual Mandate?” Health Affairs, web exclusive, 28:w501-w509, 21-Apr-09
  • Blendon RJ, Altman DE, Benson JM, Brodie M, Buhr T, Deane C, Bushcho S, “Voters and Health Reform in the 2008 Presidential Election.” New England Journal of Medicine, 359(19):2050-2061, 6-Nov-08
  • Blendon RJ, Buhr T, Sussman T, Benson JM, “Massachusetts Health Reform: A Public Perspective from Debate through Implementation.” Health Affairs, web exclusive, 27(6):w556-w565, 28-Oct-08
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “Americans Worry: How They View Lives in an Economic Downturn.” Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs, 51(3):5-26, May/June 2008
  • Blendon RJ, Koonin LM, Benson JM, Cetron MS, Pollard WE, Mitchell EW, Weldon KJ, Herrmann MJ, “Public Response to Community Mitigation Measures for Pandemic Influenza.” Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14(5):778-786, May-08
  • Blendon RJ, Altman DE, Deane C, Benson JM, Brodie M, Buhr T, “Health Care in the 2008 Presidential Primaries.” New England Journal of Medicine, 358(4):414-422, 24-Jan-08
  • Brodie M, Blendon RJ, “Public Opinion and Health Care.” Health Politics and Policy, ed. J.A. Morone, T.J. Litman, and L.S. Robins, pp. 249-270. New York: Delmar, 2008
  • Blendon RJ, Buhr T, Cassidy EF, Perez DJ, Sussman T, Benson JM, Herrmann MJ, “Disparities in Physician Care: Experiences and Perceptions of a Multi-Ethnic America.” Health Affairs, 27(2):507-517, March/April 2008
  • Jovell A, Blendon RJ, Dolors Navarro M, Fleischfresser C, Benson JM, DesRoches CM, Weldon KJ, “Public Trust in the Spanish Health Care System.” Health Expectations, 10(4):350-357, Dec-07
  • Blendon RJ, “One Academic’s Perspective on the Role of Health Affairs.” Health Affairs, 26(6):1531-1533, November/December 2007
  • Blendon RJ, Buhr T, Cassidy EF, Perez DJ, Hunt KA, Fleischfresser C, Benson JM, Herrmann MJ, “Disparities in Health: Perspectives of a Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Racial America.” Health Affairs, 26(5):1437-1447, September/October 2007
  • Bleich S, Blendon RJ, Adams A, “Trust in Scientific Experts on Obesity: Implications for Awareness and Behavior Change.” Obesity, 15(8):2145-2156, Aug-07
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “How Americans View Their Lives.” Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs, 50(3):5-25, May-June 2007
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches CM, Lyon-Daniel K, Mitchell EW, Pollard W, “The Public’s Preparedness for Hurricanes in Four Affected Regions.” Public Health Reports, 122(2):167-176, March-April 2007
  • Blendon RJ, “Why Americans Don’t Trust the Government and Don’t Trust Healthcare.” The Trust Crisis in Healthcare: Causes, Consequences, and Cures, ed. D.A. Shore, pp. 21-31. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches CM, Weldon KJ, Taylor-Clark K, Fleischfresser C, “Research on Americansí Response to Bioterrorist Threats and Emerging Epidemics.” Bioterrorism: Prevention, Preparedness and Protection, , 2007
  • Blendon RJ, Altman DE, “Voters and Health Care in the 2006 Election.” New England Journal of Medicine, 355(18):1928-1933, 2-Nov-06
  • Benson JM, Reigel TM, Herrmann MJ, “Gambling, Government, and God, Revisited.” Public Opinion Pros, 2(10) [online], Nov-06
  • Blendon RJ, Hunt K, Benson JM, Fleischfresser C, Buhr T, “Understanding the American Public’s Health Priorities: A 2006 Perspective.” Health Affairs, web exclusive, 25:w508-w515, 17-Oct-06
  • Herrmann MJ, Brodie M, Morin R, Blendon R, Benson J, “Interviewing in the Face of Disaster: Conducting a Survey of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees.” Public Opinion Pros, 2(9): [online], Oct-06
  • Blendon RJ, Brodie M, Benson JM, Altman DE, Buhr T, “Americans’ Views about Health Care Costs, Access, and Quality.” Milbank Quarterly, 84(4):623-657, 2006
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Buhr T, Herrmann M, Weldon KJ, “High-Risk Area Hurricane Survey.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 20, 20-Jul-06
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “How Americans Viewed Their Lives in 2005.” Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs, 49(3):48-67, May/June 2006
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches C, Herrmann M, Weldon KJ, “Avian Flu.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 19, 23-Feb-06
  • Brodie M, Weltzien E, Altman D, Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “Experiences of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees in Houston Shelters: Implications for Future Planning.” American Journal of Public Health, 96(5):1402-1408, May-06
  • Blendon RJ, DesRoches CM, Cetron MS, Benson JM, Meinhardt T, Pollard W, “Attitudes Toward the Use of Quarantine in a Public Health Emergency in Four Countries.” Health Affairs, web exclusive, 25:w15-w25, 25-Jan-06
  • Blendon RJ, Buhr T, Fleischfresser C, Benson JM, “” The Massachusetts Health Reform Law: Public Opinion and Perception, Boston: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, 2006
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Herrmann MJ, “The American Public and the Terri Schiavo Case.” Archives of Internal Medicine, 165(22):2574-2576, December 12/26, 2005
  • Mello MM, Studdert DM, DesRoches CM, Peugh J, Zapert K, Brennan TA, Sage WM, “Effects of a Malpractice Crisis on Specialist Supply and Patient Access to Care.” Annals of Surgery, 242(5):621-628, Nov-05
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches C, Herrmann M, Weldon KJ, “Obesity.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 18, 14-Jul-05
  • Taylor-Clark K, Blendon RJ, Zaslavsky A, Benson JM, “Confidence in Crisis? Understanding Trust in Government and Public Attitudes Toward Mandatory State Health Powers.” Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, 3(2):138-147, Jun-05
  • DesRoches CM, Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “Americans’ Responses to the 2004 Influenza Vaccine Shortage.” Health Affairs, 24(3):822-831, May-June 2005
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “How Americans Viewed Their Lives in 2004.” Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs, 48(3):14-33, May-June 2005
  • Blendon RJ, Brodie M, Altman DE, Benson JM, Hamel EC, “Voters and Health Care in the 2004 Election.” Health Affairs, web exclusive, 1-Mar-05
  • Blendon RJ, Pelletier SR, Brodie M, Benson JM, Hamel EC, Raleigh E, Rosenbaum MD, Altman DE, “Immigration and the U.S. Economy: The Public’s Perspective.” Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs, 48(2):113-132, March/April 2005
  • Rosen AB, Blendon RJ, DesRoches CM, Benson JM, Bates DW, Brodie M, Altman DE, Zapert K, Steffenson AE, Schneider EC, “Physicians’ Views of Interventions to Reduce Medical Errors: Does Evidence of Effectiveness Matter?” Academic Medicine, 80(2):189-192, Feb-05
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Brodie M, “Health Policy” Polling America: An Encyclopedia of Public Opinion, ed. SJ Best and B Radcliff, vol. 1, pp. 289-297. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005
  • Blendon RJ, Brodie M, Benson JM, Neuman T, Altman DE, Hamel EC, “Americans’ Agenda in Aging for the New Congress.” Public Policy & Aging Report, 15(1):1, 20-23, 1-Jan-05
  • Benson J, “Beyond Belief: Looking at the Less Religious.” Public Opinion Pros, 1(1):[online], Jan-05
  • Blendon RJ, DesRoches CM, Benson JM, Weldon KJ, “Experiences with Obtaining Influenza Vaccination Among Persons in Priority Groups During a Vaccine Shortage — United States, October-November, 2004.” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 53(49):1153-1155, 17-Dec-04
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches C, Herrmann M, Weldon KJ, “Flu Vaccine.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 17, 16-Dec-04
  • Altman DE, Clancy C, Blendon RJ, “Improving Patient Safety — Five Years after the IOM Report.” New England Journal of Medicine, 351(20):2041-2043, 11-Nov-04
  • Blendon RJ, Altman DE, Benson JM, Brodie M, “Health Care in the 2004 Presidential Election.” New England Journal of Medicine, 351(13):1314-1322, 23-Sep-04
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches C, Herrmann M, Weldon KJ, “West Nile Virus.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 16, 15-Sep-04
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “The Antidote to Fear.” Compass: A Journal of Leadership, 2(1):12-13, Fall 2004
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches C, Herrmann M, Raleigh E, Weldon KJ, “Airline Contagious Disease.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 15, 19-Jul-04
  • Blendon RJ, Schoen C, DesRoches CM, Osborn R, Zapert K, Raleigh E, “Confronting Competing Demands to Improve Quality: A Five-Country Hospital Survey.” Health Affairs, 23(3)119-135, May/June 2004
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “How Americans View Their Lives: An Annual Survey.” Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs, 47(3):6-26, May/June 2004
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches CM, Raleigh E, and Taylor-Clark K, “The Public’s Response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Toronto and the United States.” Clinical Infectious Diseases, 38(7):925-931, 1-Apr-04
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches C, Herrmann M, Raleigh E, Weldon KJ, “Mad Cow Disease.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 14, February , 2004
  • Blendon RJ, DesRoches CM, Raleigh E, and Benson JM, “” The Uninsured in Massachusetts: An Opportunity for Leadership, Boston: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, 2004
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches C, Herrmann M, Raleigh E, Weldon KJ, “Flu (I).” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 13, 23-Dec-03
  • Taylor-Clark K, Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “African Americans’ Views on Health Policy: Implications for the 2004 Elections.” Health Affairs, web exclusive, W3:576-585, 3-Dec-03
  • Brodie M, Hamel EC, Altman DE, Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “Health News and the American Public, 1996-2002.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 28(5):927-950, Oct-03
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches CM, Weldon KJ, “Using Opinion Surveys to Track the Public’s Response to a Bioterrorist Attack.” Journal of Health Communications, 8:83-92, Fall 2003
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches CM, “Americans’ Views of the Uninsured: An Era for Hybrid Proposals.” Health Affairs, web exclusive, W3:405-414, 8-Aug-03
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches C, Herrmann M, Weldon KJ, “West Nile Virus.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 12, 31-Jul-03
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches C, Hazel J, Raleigh E, Weldon KJ, “SARS in Toronto and the U.S.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 11, 16-Jun-03
  • Bledon RJ, Pelletier SR, Rosenbaum MD, Brodie M, “Tax Uncertainty: A Divided America’s Unformed View of the Federal Tax System.” Brookings Review, 21(1):28-31, Summer 2003
  • Blendon RJ, DesRoches CM, “Future Health Care Challenges.” Issues in Science and Technology, 19(4):32-34, Summer 2003
  • Blendon RJ, DesRoches C, Benson JM, Herrmann M, Mackie E, Weldon KJ, “SARS Worries.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 10, 21-May-03
  • Blendon RJ, Schoen C, DesRoches CM, Osborn R, Zapert K, “Common Concerns Amidst Diverse Systems: Health Care Experiences in Five Countries.” Health Affairs, 22(3):117-121, May/June 2003
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “Issue of the Decade? The Debate over Health Care Reform.” Public Perspective, 14(3):26-30, May/June 2003
  • Blendon RJ, DesRoches CM, Benson JM, Herrmann MJ, Weldon KJ, “Americans’ Response to SARS (I).” Working Papers of the Project on Biological Security and the Public, Harvard School of Public Health, 9, 29-Apr-03
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches CM, Herrmann MJ, Mackie E, Taylor-Clark K, Weldon KJ, “Americans’ Response to Homeland Security Warnings and Recommendations.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 8, 17-Apr-03
  • Blendon RJ, “Improving Government Communications with the Public in a Bioterrorist Attack.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 7, 3-Apr-02
  • Blendon RJ, DesRoches CM, Benson JM, Herrmann MJ, Taylor-Clark K, Weldon KJ, “The Public and the Smallpox Threat.” New England Journal of Medicine, 348(5):426-432, 30-Jan-03
  • Benson JM, Timms-Ferrara L, “Death and Life: Religiousness and Capital Punishment.” Public Perspective, 14(1):33-36, January/February 2003
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches CM, Herrmann MJ, Taylor-Clark K, Weldon KJ, “Public Attitudes, Beliefs and Knowledge about Smallpox.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 5, 19-Dec-02
  • Blendon RJ, DesRoches CM, Brodie M, Benson JM, Rosen AB, Schneider E, Altman DE, Zapert K, Herrmann MJ, Steffenson AE, “Views of Practicing Physicians and the Public on Medical Errors.” New England Journal of Medicine, 347(24):1933-1940, 12-Dec-02
  • Blendon RJ, Brodie M, Altman DE, Benson JM, Pelletier SR, Rosenbaum MD, “Where Was Health Care in the 2002 Election?” Health Affairs, web exclusive, 11-Dec-02
  • DesRoches C, Blendon R, Young J, Scoles K, Kim M, “Caregiving in the Post-Hospitalization Period: Findings from a National Survey.” Nursing Economics, 20(5):216-221, September-October 2002
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JB, “Polling Indicators about Civil Liberties in a Time of War.” Indicators: The Journal of Social Health, 1(4):58-72, Fall 2002
  • Blendon RJ, Young JT, DesRoches CM, Benson JM, “The Continuing Legacy of September 11 for Americans’ Health Priorities.” Health Affairs, web exclusive, 21(4):W269-W275, 14-Aug-02
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches CM, Herrmann MJ, “Report on ‘ER’ Viewers Who Saw the Smallpox Episode.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 4, 13-Jun-02
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches CM, Herrmann MJ, “Public Attitudes About the Effect of a Smallpox Attack.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 3, 5-Jun-02
  • Blendon RJ, Schoen C, DesRoches CM, Osborn R, Scoles KL, Zapert K, “Inequities in Health Care: A Five-Country Survey.” Health Affairs, 21(3):182-191, May/June 2002
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches CM, Pollard WE, Parvanta C, Herrmann MJ, “The Impact of Anthrax Attacks on the American Public.” Medscape General Medicine, 4(2):[online], 17-Apr-02
  • Blendon RJ, Pelletier S, Altman DE, Brodie M, “Work, Not Welfare.” Public Perspective, 13(2):32-35, March/April 2002
  • Blendon R, DesRoches C, Young J, Scoles K, “The Impact of Terrorism and the Recession on Americans’ Health Priorities.” Health Affairs, web exclusive, 16-Jan-02
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches CM, Herrmann MJ, Mackie E, Weldon KJ, “West Nile Virus.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 6, 13-Jan-03
  • Blendon R, Pelletier S, Benson J, Brodie M, Altman D, “Is the Education Revolution Coming?” Indicators: The Journal of Social Health, 1(1): 17-36, Winter 2001-2002
  • Benson J, Reigel T, Herrmann M, “Gambling, Governments & God.” Public Perspective, 13(1):34-37, January/February 2002
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches CM, Herrmann MJ, “The Impact of Anthrax Incidents in Three Metropolitan Areas.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 2, 17-Dec-01
  • Blendon RJ, Scoles K, DesRoches C, Young J, Herrmann M, Schmidt J, Kim M, “Americans’ Health Priorities Revisited after September 11.” Health Affairs, web exclusive, 13-Nov-01
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, DesRoches CM, Herrmann MJ, “Public Response to the Anthrax Threat.” Working Papers of the Project on the Public and Biological Security, Harvard School of Public Health, 1, 8-Nov-01
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “Past to Future: Directions for Polling in the Coming War.” Public Perspective, 12(6):34-36, November/December 2001
  • Blendon R, Benson J, Brodie M, Altman D, Weldon K, “In Economic Policy, How Much Does It Matter Which Party Governs?” Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs, 44(6):59-77, November/December 2001
  • Blendon RJ, Scoles K, DesRoches C, Young JT, Herrmann ML, Schmidt JL, Kim M, “Americans’ Health Priorities: Curing Cancer and Controlling Costs.” Health Affairs, 20(6):222-232, November/December 2001
  • Kim M, Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “How Interested Are Americans in New Medical Technologies? A Multicountry Comparison” Health Affairs, 20(5):194-201, September/October 2001
  • Benson JM, “Heard Enough: When Is an Opinion Really an Opinion?” Public Perspective, 12(5):40-41, September/October 2001
  • Mebane F, Blendon RJ, “Political Strategy 101: How to Make Health Policy and Influence Political People.” Journal of Child Neurology, 16:513-519, Jul-01
  • Blendon RJ, Schoen C, Donelan K, Osborn R DesRoches CM, Scoles K, Davis K, Binns K, Zapert K, “Physicians’ Views on Quality of Care: A Five-Country Comparison.” Health Affairs, 20(3):233-243, May/June 2001
  • Blendon RJ, Kim M, Benson JM, “The Public Versus The World Health Organization on Health System Performance.” Health Affairs, 20(3):10-20, May/June 2001
  • Blendon RJ, Kim M, “When It Comes to Health Policy, Americans Are Not British.” Harvard Health Policy Review, 2(1):72-75, Spring 2001
  • Blendon RJ, DesRoches CM, Benson JM, Brodie M, Altman DE, “Americansí Views on the Use and Regulation of Dietary Supplements.” Archives of Internal Medicine, 161:805-810, 26-Mar-01
  • Blendon RJ, Altman DE, Benson JM, Brodie M, “The Implications of the 2000 Election.” New England Journal of Medicine, 344(9): 679-684, 1-Mar-01
  • Benson JM, “Final Moments: Perspective on Death.” Public Perspective, 12(2)8-12, March/April 2001
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “Americans’ Views on Health Policy: A Fifty-Year Historical Perspective.” Health Affairs, 20(2):33-46, March/April 2001
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Brodie M, Altman DE, Morin R, Deane C, Steffenson AE, “Voting Values.” Public Perspective, 12(1):38-41, January/February 2001
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Brodie M, Altman DE, Rosenbaum M, Flournoy R, Kim M, “Whom to Protect–and How? The Public, the Government, and the Internet Revolution.” Brookings Review, 19(1):44-48, Winter 2001
  • Brodie M, Flournoy R, Altman D, Blendon RJ, Benson J, Rosenbaum M, “Health Information, the Internet, and the Digital Divide.” Health Affairs, 19(6):255-265, November/December 2000
  • Blendon RJ, “Health Care in the Upcoming 2000 Election.” Harvard Health Policy Review, 1(1):6, Fall 2000
  • Donelan K, DesRoches C, Schoen C, “Inadequate Health Insurance: Costs and Consequences.” Medscape General Medicine, 11(6):E37 [online], 8-Aug-00
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Brodie M, Altman DE, James M, “Health Care in the Upcoming 2000 Election.” Health Affairs, 19(6):210-221, July/August 2000
  • Deane C, Brodie M, Blendon RJ, Morin R, Benson JM, Kenyon K, Altman DE, “Leaving Tradition Behind: Latinos in the Great American Melting Pot.” Public Perspective, 11(3):5-7, May/June 2000
  • Benson JM, Cantor JC, Lynn J, Teno J, “National Perspective on Dying in America: Does Place of Death Matter?” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 48(5): S230-231, May-00
  • Donelan K, Blendon RJ, Schoen C, Binns K, Osborn, R, Davis K, “The Elderly in Five Nations: The Importance of Universal Coverage.” Health Affairs, 19(3):226-235, May/June 2000
  • Schoen C, DesRoches C, “Uninsured and Unstably Insured: The Importance of Continuous Insurance Coverage.” HSR: Health Services Research, 35(1):187-206, 1-Apr-00
  • Schoen C, Davis K, DesRoches C, Donelan K, Blendon RJ, “Health Insurance Markets and Income Inequality: Findings from an International Policy Survey.” Health Policy, 51:67-85, Mar-00
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Brodie M, Altman DE, James M, “Risky Business: Reforming Social Security and Medicare.” Public Perspective, 11(1):40-43, January/February 2000
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Brodie M, Altman DE, Morin R, Deane C, Kjellson N, “America’s Changing Political and Moral Values.” What’s God Got to Do with the American Experiment?, ed. E.J. Dionne, J.J.DiIulio, pp.25-31. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 2000
  • Blendon RJ, Young JT, DesRoches CM, “The Uninsured, The Working Uninsured, and The Public.” Health Affairs, 18(6):203-211, November/December 1999
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Brodie M, Altman DE, James M, Hugick L, “Voters and Health Care in the 1998 Election.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 282:189-194, 14-Jul-99
  • Benson JM, “The Polls–Trends: End of Life Issues.” Public Opinion Quarterly, 63:263-277, Summer 1999
  • Benson JM, Herrmann MJ, “Right to Die or Right to Life? The Public on Assisted Suicide.” Public Perspective, 10(4):15-19, June/July 1999
  • Donelan K, Blendon RJ, Schoen C, Davis K, Binns K, “The Cost of Health System Change: Public Discontent in Five Nations.” Health Affairs, 18(3):206-216, May/June 1999
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Brodie, Altman DE, Morin R, Deane C, Kjellson N, “The 60s and the 90s: Americans’ Political, Moral and Religious Values Then and Now.” Brookings Review, 17(2):14-17, Spring 1999
  • Benson JM, Herrmann MJ, “Waiting for the Apocalypse.” Public Perspective, 10(2):33-36, Feb/March 1999
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “Bridging the Gap Between the Public’s and the Economists’ Views of the Economy.” What Do Economists Know?, ed. R.F. Garnett, pp. 86-100. London: Routledge, 1999
  • Blendon RJ, Young JT, McCormick MC, Kropf M, Blair J, “Americansí Views on Children’s Health.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 280:2122-2127, December 23/30, 1998
  • Koeck CM, Hemenway D, Donelan K, Lipsitz S, “Using a Hypothetical Case to Measure Differences in Treatment Aggressiveness Among Physicians in Canada, Germany and the United States.” Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 110:783-788, 27-Nov-98
  • Blendon RJ, Young JT, “The Public and the Comprehensive Tobacco Bill.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 280:1279-1284, 14-Oct-98
  • Gawande A, Blendon RJ, Brodie M, Benson JM, Levitt L, Hugick L, “Does Dissatisfaction with Health Plans Stem from Having No Choices?” Health Affairs, 17(5):184-194, September/October 1998
  • Blendon RJ, Brodie M, Benson JM, Altman DE, Levitt L, Hoff T, Hugick L, “Understanding the Managed Care Backlash.” Health Affairs, 17(4):80-94, July/August 1998
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Brodie M, Wainess F, “America in Denial: The Public’s View of the Future of Social Security.” Brookings Review, 16(3):45-48, Summer 1998
  • Fletcher JC, Meyer MN, Benson JM, Denk CE, “When and Why Do Virginians Choose to Terminate Treatment?” Virginia Medical Quarterly, 125:112-119, Spring 1998
  • Blendon RJ, Young JT, Brodie M, Morin R, Altman DE, Brossard M, “Did the Media Leave the Voters Uninformed in the 1996 Election?” Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 3(2):121-130, Spring 1998
  • Blendon RJ, Young JT, “The Public and the War on Illicit Drugs.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 279: 827-832, 18-Mar-98
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “Whatever Happened to Politicians’ Concerns about the Nation’s Uninsured?” American Journal of Public Health, 8:345-346, Mar-98
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Brodie M, Altman DE, Brossard M, “The Public and the President’s Commission on Race.” Public Perspective, 9(2):66-69, Feb/March 1998
  • Blendon RJ, “Public Opinion and Medicare.” Medicare: Preparing for the Challenges of the 21st Century, ed. R.D. Reischauer, S. Butler, and J. Lave, pp.288-293. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1998
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Brodie M, Brossard M, Altman DE, Morin R, “What Do Americans Know About Entitlements?” Health Affairs, 16(5):111-116, September/October 1997
  • Donelan K, Blendon RJ, Lundberg GD, Calkins DR, Newhouse JP, Leape LL, Remler DK, Taylor H, “The New Medical Marketplace: Physicians’ Views.” Health Affairs, 16(5):139-148, September/October 1997
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Brodie M, Morin R, Altman DE, Gitterman D, Brossard M, James M, “Bridging the Gap Between the Public’s and Economists’ Views of the Economy.” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 11(3):105-118, Summer 1997
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Brodie M, Altman DE, Rowland D, Neuman P, James M, “Voters and Health Care in the 1996 Election.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 277:1253-1258, 16-Apr-97
  • Denk CE, Benson JM, Fletcher JC, Reigel TM, “How Do Americans Want to Die? A Factorial Vignette Survey of Public Attitudes about End-of-Life Medical Decision-Making.” Social Science Research, 26:95-120, March, 1997
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Morin R, Altman DE, Brodie M, Brossard M, James M, “Changing Attitudes in America [Distrust of Government].” Why People Don’t Trust Government, ed. J. Nye, P. Zelikow and D. King, pp. 205-216. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997
  • Blendon RJ, Brodie M, “Public Opinion and Health Policy.” Health Politics and Policy, ed. T.J. Litman and L.S. Robins, pp. 201-219, Albany, NY: Delmar, 1997
  • Remler DK, Donelan K, Blendon RJ, Lundberg GD, Leape LL, Calkins DR, Binns K, Newhouse JP, “What Do Managed Care Plans Do to Affect Care? Results from a Survey of Physicians.” Inquiry, 34(3):196-204, Fall 1997
  • Donelan K, Blendon RJ, Hill CA, Hoffman C, Rowland D, Frankel M, Altman DE, “Whatever Happened to the Health Insurance Crisis in the United States?: Voices From a National Survey.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 276-:1346-1350, October 23/30, 1996
  • Donelan K, Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Leitman R, Taylor H, “All Payer, Single Payer, Managed Care, No Payer: Patients’ Perspectives in Three Nations.” Health Affairs, 15(2):255-265, Summer 1996
  • Blendon RJ, Young JT, Hemenway D, “The American Public And The Gun Control Debate.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 275:1719-1722, 12-Jun-96
  • Blendon RJ, Hyams TS, Benson JM, “Health Care And The 1996 Election.” Inquiry, 33:10-14, Spring 1996
  • Hansen O, Blendon RJ, Brodie M, Ortmans J, James M, Norton C, Rosenblatt T, “Lawmakers’ Views on the Failure of Health Reform: A Survey of Members of Congress and Staff.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 21(1):137-151, Spring 1996
  • Donelan K, “Making Sense of Conflicting Reports: What Patients Really Think of Managed Care.” Managed Care, 5(2):17-24, Feb-96
  • Blendon RJ, Hyams T, Benson J, Donelan K, Leitman R, Binns K, “Long Term Care Awareness Survey.” Working Papers of the Opinion Research Program, Harvard School of Public Health, 1, 2-Jan-96
  • Young JT, Hemenway D, Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “The Polls–Trends: Guns.” Public Opinion Quarterly, 60:634-649, Winter 1996
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Donelan K, Leitman R, Taylor H, Koeck C, Gitterman D, “Who Has The Best Health Care System? A Second Look.” Health Affairs, 14(4):220-230, Winter 1996
  • Morin R, Blendon RJ, Altman DE, Brodie M, Benson JM, Brussard M, James M, Luxenberg S, Gitterman D, “” The Four Americas: Government and Social Policy Through the Eyes of Americaís Multi-Racial and Multi-Ethnic Society, Menlo Park, CA: Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University Survey Project, Dec-95
  • Blendon RJ, Altman DE, Benson JM, James M, Rowland D, Neuman P, Leitman R, Hyams TS, “The Public’s View of the Future of Medicare.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 274:1645-1648, November 22/29, 1995
  • Blendon RJ, Altman DE, Benson JM, Brodie M, James M, Chervinsky G, “The Public and the Welfare Reform Debate.” Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 149:1065-1074, Oct-95
  • Donelan K, Swartz K, Blendon RJ, Binns K, Leitman R, “A Survey of the Health Insurance Status of Massachusetts Residents.” A Report to the Department of Medical Security, Department of Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Oct-95
  • Blendon RJ, “Health Care Reform: The Press Failed to Inform The Public of Alternatives.” Nieman Reports, 60(3):17-19, Fall 1995
  • Blendon RJ, Brodie M, Benson JM, “What Happened to Americans’ Support of the Clinton Plan?” Health Affairs, 14(2):7-23, Summer 1995
  • Brodie M, Blendon RJ, “The Public’s Contribution to Congressional Gridlock on Health Care Reform.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 20(2):403-410, Summer 1995
  • Frenk J, Zurita B, Donelan K, Blendon RJ, Gonzalez Block MA, Ruelas E, Ramirez R, Benson JM, Hernandez B, “Llamado a la Reforma de la Salud: Opinion Publica Acerca Del Sistema de Atencion en Mexico.” Este Pais, 48:18-32, Mar-95
  • Blendon RJ, Altman DE, Benson JM, Brodie M, James M, Chervinsky G, “Health Care Policy Implications of the 1994 Congressional Elections.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 273:671-674, 22-Feb-95
  • Blendon RJ, Scheck AC, Donelan K, Hill CA, Smith M, Beatrice D, Altman DE, “How White and African Americans View Their Health and Social Problems: Different Experiences, Different Expectations.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 273:341-346, 25-Jan-95
  • Blendon RJ, Brodie M, Benson JM, “What Should Be Done Now That National Health System Reform Is Dead?” Journal of the American Medical Association, 273:243-244, 18-Jan-95
  • Blendon RJ, Kohut A, Benson JM, Donelan K, Bowman C, “Health System Reform: Physicians’ Views on the Critical Choices.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 272:1540-1550, 16-Nov-94
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Brodie M, Hugick L, “Channel Surfing Through Health Reform.” Journal of American Health Care, 4(5):41-46, September/October, 1994
  • Blendon RJ, Heimendinger J, Marwick CS, “Disease Prevention Research at NIH: An Agenda For All. Workshop D: NIH Interface with Public Translation and Policy.” Preventive Medicine, 23(5):556-557, Sep-94
  • Blendon RJ, Brodie M, Hyams TS, Benson JM, “The American Public and the Critical Choices for Health System Reform.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 271:1539-1544, 18-May-94
  • Blendon RJ, Knox RA, Brodie M, Benson JM, Chervinsky G, “Americans Compare Managed Care, Medicare and Fee-for-Service.” Journal of American Health Policy, 4(3):42-47, May/June 1994
  • Blendon RJ, Marttila J, Benson JM, Shelter MC, Connolly FJ, Kiley T, “The Beliefs and Values Shaping Today’s Health Reform Debate.” Health Affairs, 13(1):274-284, Spring 1994
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, Hill CA, Carter W, Beatrice D, Altman DE, “Paying Medical Bills in the United States: Why Health Insurance Isnít Enough.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 271:949-951, March 23/30, 1994
  • Blendon RJ, Altman DE, Benson JM, Brodie M, James M, Hugick L, “How Much Does the Public Know About Health Reform?” Journal of American Health Policy, 4(1):26-31, January/February 1994
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, Donelan K, “The Public and the Controversy Over Abortion.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 270:2871-2875, 15-Dec-93
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, Leitman R, Epstein A, Cantor JC, Cohen AB, Morrison I, Moloney T, Koeck C, “Health Reform Lessons Learned from Physicians in Three Nations.” Health Affairs, 12(3):194-203, Fall 1993
  • Garnick DW, Hendricks AM, Thorpe KE, Newhouse JP, Donelan K, Blendon RJ, “How Well Do Americans Understand Their Health Coverage?” Health Affairs, 12(3):204-213, Fall 1993
  • Blendon RJ, Hyams TS, Benson JM, “Bridging the Gap Between Expert and Public Views on Health Care Reform.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 269:2573-2579, 19-May-93
  • Mollica RF, Donelan K, Tor S, Lavelle J, Elias C, Frankel M, Blendon RJ, “The Effect of Trauma and Confinement on Functional Health and Mental Health Status of Cambodians Living in Thailand-Cambodia Border Camps.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 270:581-586, 1-Sep-93
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, Leitman R, Epstein A, Cantor JC, Cohen AE, Morrison I, Moloney T, Koeck C, Levitt SW, “Physicians’ Perspectives on Caring for Patients in the United States, Canada, and West Germany.” New England Journal of Medicine, 328:1011-1016, 8-Apr-93
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, Hill CA, Scheck A, Carter W, Beatrice D, Altman, DE, “Medicaid Beneficiaries and Health Reform.” Health Affairs, 12(1):132-143, Spring 1993
  • Blendon RJ, Benson JM, “Health Care Reform: The Public versus the Experts.” Public Perspective, 4(3):13-15, March/April 1993
  • Poole C, Kavet R, Funch DP, Donelan K, Charry JM, Dreyer NA, “Depressive Symptoms and Headaches in Relation to Proximity of Residence to Alternating Current Transmission Line Right-of-way.” American Journal of Epidemiology, 137(3):318-30, 3-Feb-93
  • Blendon RJ, Hyams TS, Benson JM, Brodie M, “Introduction [Lessons From Past Health Care Reform Debates].” A New Deal For American Health Care, ed. R.M. Sorian, pp. 1-14 (The Future of American Health Care, 3.) New York: Faulkner & Gray., 1993
  • Leitman RJ, Blendon RJ Taylor H, Kramer E, Klein D, “Rochester, New York: A Model for Health Care Reform.” Journal of American Health Policy, 3(1):49-54, January/February 1993
  • Blendon RJ, Altman DE, Benson JM, Taylor H, James M, Smith M, “The Implications of the 1992 Presidential Election for Health Care Reform.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 268:3371-3375, December 16, 1992.
  • Blendon RJ, Altman DE, Benson JM, Taylor H, James M, Smith M, “Health Care Reform and the 1992 Election.” Polling Report, 8(23):1,6-7, 14-Dec-92
  • Blendon RJ, Szalay US, Altman DE, Smith MD, Chervinsky G, “Fear and Loathing: Why Californians Are Concerned About Health Care.” Journal of American Health Policy, 2(6):22-26, November/December 1992
  • Blendon RJ, Szalay US, Altman DE, Chervinsky G, “Health Care, the California Primary and the 1992 Election.” Journal of American Health Policy, 2(3):14-19, July/August 1992
  • Kane N, Blendon RJ, Madden SK, “Tracking the Progress of Academic Health Centers.” Health Affairs, 11(2):181-192, Summer 1992
  • Blendon RJ, Szalay US, Knox RA, “Should Physicians Aid Their Patients in Dying? The Public Perspective.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 267:2658-2662, 20-May-92
  • Blendon RJ, Edwards JN, Hyams AL, “Making the Critical Choices.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 267:2509-2520, 13-May-92
  • Blendon RJ, Szalay US, Altman DE, Chervinsky G, “New Hampshire, Health Care and the 1992 Election.” Journal of American Health Policy, 2(2):16-22, May/June 1992
  • Edwards JN, Blendon RJ, Leitman R, Morrison E, Morrison I, Taylor H, “Small Businesses and the Debate over National Health Reform.” Health Affairs, 11(1):164-173, Spring 1992
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, Lukas CV, Thorpe KE, Frankel M, Bass R, Taylor H, “The Uninsured and the Debate Over the Repeal of the Massachusetts Universal Health Care Law.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 267:1113-1117, 26-Feb-92
  • Thorpe KE, Hendricks A, Garnick D, Donelan K, Newhouse JP, “Reducing the Number of Uninsured by Subsidizing Employment-based Health Insurance.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 267:945-948, 19-Feb-92
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, Knox RA, “Public Opinion and AIDS: Lessons for the Second Decade.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 267:981-986, 19-Feb-92
  • Ladd EC, Benson JM, “The Growth of News Polls in American Politics.” Media Polls in American Politics, ed. T Mann and G. Orren, pp.19-31. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1992
  • Blendon RJ, Edwards JN, Szalay US, “The Health Insurance Industry in the Year 2001: One Scenario.” Health Affairs, 10(4):170-177, Winter 1992
  • Blendon RJ, Szalay US, Altman DE, Chervinsky G, “The 1991 Pennsylvania Senate Race and National Health Insurance.” Journal of American Health Policy, 2(1):21-24, January/February 1992
  • Blendon RJ, Hyams, TS, eds., “” Reforming the System: Containing Health Care Costs in an Era of Universal Coverage, (The Future of American Health Care, 2.) New York: Faulkner & Gray, 1992
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, “Public Opinion and Efforts to Reform the U.S. Health Care System: Confronting Issues of Cost Containment and Access to Care.” Stanford Law and Policy Review, 3:146-153, Fall 1991
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, Jovell AJ, PellisÈ L, Lombardia EC, “Spain’s Citizens Assess Their Health Care System.” Health Affairs, 10(3):216-228, Fall 1991
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, “Interpreting Public Opinion Surveys.” Health Affairs, 10(2):166-169, Sep-91
  • Blendon RJ, Edwards JN, “Caring for the Uninsured: Choices for Reform.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 265:2563-2565, 15-May-91
  • Lundberg GD, Blendon RJ, eds., “Caring for the Uninsured and Underinsured (special issue).” Journal of the American Medical Association, 265, 15-May-91
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, “National Health Insurance: Does the Public Buy It?” Public Perspective, 2(3):5-7, Mar-91
  • Blendon RJ, “The Public View of Medicine.” Clinical Neurosurgery, 37:225-231, 1991
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, “The Public and the Emerging Debate Over National Health Insurance.” New England Journal of Medicine, 323:208-212, 19-Jul-90
  • Blendon RJ, Leitman R, Morrison I, Donelan K, “Satisfaction with Health Systems in Ten Nations.” Health Affairs, 9(2):185-192, Summer 1990
  • Freeman HE, Aiken LH, Blendon RJ, Corey CR, “Uninsured Working-Age Adults: Characteristics and Consequences.” Health Services Research, 24:811-823, February 1990
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, “AIDS and Discrimination: Public and Professional Perspectives.” Hospitals, Health Care Workers and AIDS, ed. L.Gostin, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, “The 1988 Election: How Important Was Health?” Health Affairs, 8(3):6-15, Fall 1989
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, “The Public’s Perception of the Future of Health Care and the Implications for Radiology.” Investigative Radiology, 24:634-635, Aug-89
  • Blendon RJ, Taylor H, “Views on Health Care: Public Opinion in Three Nations.” Health Affairs, 8(1):150-157, Spring 1989
  • Blendon RJ, Aiken LH, Freeman HE, Corey CR, “Access to Medical Care for Black and White Americans: A Matter of Continuing Concern.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 261:278-281, January 13th, 1989
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, “Public Opinion and the Future of Health Benefits.” Compensation Benefits Management, 6:60-64, 1989
  • Blendon RJ, “Three Systems: A Comparative Study.” Health Management Quarterly, 11(1):1-9, First Quarter 1989
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, “AIDS, the Public and the ‘NIMBY’ Syndrome.” The AIDS Patient and the Health Professional, ed. D. Rogers and E. Ginzberg, pp. 19-30. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1989
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, “British Public Opinion on National Health Service Reform.” Health Affairs, 8(4):52-62, Winter 1989
  • Blendon RJ, “What Should Be Done About the Uninsured Poor?” Journal of the American Medical Association, 260:3176-3177, December 2nd, 1988
  • Blendon RJ, Donelan K, “Discrimination Against People with AIDS: The Public’s Perspective.” New England Journal of Medicine, 319:1022-1026, October 13th, 1988
  • Blendon RJ, “Perspectives: A Policy Analyst.” Health Affairs, 7(2):87-91, Sep-88
  • Blendon RJ, “The Public’s View of the Future of Health Care.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 259:2587-2592, June 24th, 1988
  • Blendon RJ, Altman DE, “Public Opinion and Health Care Costs.” Health Care and Its Cost, ed. C. Schoen, pp. 49-63. New York: W.W.Norton, 1987
  • Blendon RJ, Altman DE, “Public Attitudes about Health-Care Costs.” New England Journal of Medicine, 311(9): 613-616, August 30th, 1984