Questions Are the Answer

Get More Involved With Your Health Care

Do You Know the Right Questions to Ask?

Improving health care quality is a team effort. You can improve your care and the care of your loved ones by taking an active role in your health care. Ask questions. Understand your condition. Evaluate your options.

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1. What is the test for?
2. How many times have you done this?
3. When will I get the results?
4. Why do I need this surgery?
5. Are there any alternatives to surgery?
6. What are the possible complications?
7. Which hospital is best for my needs?
8. How do you spell the name of that drug?
9. Are there any side effects?
10. Will this medicine interact with medicines I'm already taking?

For more questions:

http://www.ahrq.gov/questionsaretheanswer/
1-800-931-AHRQ (2477)

AHRQ Publication No. 07-M031-A (Poster)
AHRQ Publication No. 07-M014 (Card)
Current as of May 2007

Internet Citation:

Questions Are the Answer. Get More Involved With Your Health Care: Do You Know the Right Questions to Ask? Poster. AHRQ Publication No. 07-M031-A, May 2007. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/qataposter.htm