Greetings from Margaret W. Bridwell, MD, Director, University Health Center    

The University of Maryland  is conducting an extensive study of health care and insurance issues among our students.  A randomly selected group of undergradaute and graduate students have been asked to to participate in this survey using the World Wide Web.  If you were notified of your selection to participate in the survey, you may proceed by clicking on one of the two survey buttons shown above.  You will then be asked to enter the the last six digits of your Student Identification number (you can preview the survey using the code 123456).  

We are doing everything possible to assure the confidentiality of the survey participants' responses.  For example, the partial use of your Student Identification number is only used to control access to the survey and complete the drawing for selection of award recipients.  Although we have taken appropriate steps relative to survey data confidentiality, such as using a secure server, there is no way to provide an absolute assurance that data transmitted over the Internet will remain secure. 

We expect the survey will take you approximately 10 minutes to complete. The only inquiries that you are required to answer are first 11 demographic questions and questions 17 and 31 pertaining to use of the University Health Center and your insurance status.   Questions 17 and 31 are required because you will be sent to different questions depening upon your answers.  You may leave any other question blank. When you click on the "submit" button at the bottom of each page, the survey software will call your attention to any questions you did not answer. You may then use the "back" button on your web browser to answer the question, or click on a "continue" button to bypass the question(s) you choose not to answer. If you inadvertently answer a question incorrectly, there is a button at the bottom of each page of the survey that allows you to clear all answers on that page. 

At the conclusion of the survey, you will be given the option to submit comments to the consulting firm that is assisting the University of Maryland with this research effort, Stephen L. Beckley & Associates (SLBA). Providing SLBA with any comments you may have about the survey is completely optional.. 

If you have questions about the survey, please contact Wilber Malloy at 301-314-8092 or malloy@health.umd.edu.

Thank you for participating in this important research effort about the future of health care services and health insurance programming at the Aniversity of Maryland. I also want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the support for the survey by the University Bookstore.

Best wishes for good health and success in your academic endeavors at the University of Maryland.