Personal needs versus national needs: public attitudes regarding health care priorities at the personal and national levels

Table 1 The percentage that chose to award to each service the extra budget and to include it in the personal insurance*

	Chose at both levels	Chose only in personal insurance	Chose only for national budget	Not choose
Screening tests for early detection of disease	86.5	4.6	6.2	2.7
Nursing care	81.6	3.0	11.3	4.1
Cardiac rehabilitation	83.5	5.5	7.4	3.6
Preventative medicine and health promotion	64.4	6.0	14.6	15.0
Dental care	54.0	14.3	14.5	17.2
Mental health care	53.8	5.1	29.3	11.8
Alternative medicine	41.1	13.5	13.5	31.9

*“chose” includes 2 categories: ’I would certainly choose’ and ’It is likely that I would choose’. “Did not choose” includes two statements: ’I would certainly not choose’ and ’It is likely that I would not choose’. Included in the table are only the participants that answered both questions. The areas included are those that appeared in both questions.

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