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Table 3 Percentage choosing each area as first priority for surplus budget by first priority for personal insurance - Version 2 of questionnaire (N = 616)

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

First priority for surplus budget

First priority for personal insurance

Nursing care

Preventive medicine and health promotion

Dental care

Cosmetic surgery*

Hospitalization in private hospital*

No response

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Total

272 (100.0)

121 (100.0)

102 (100.0)

5

74 (100.0)

42 (100.0)

Nursing care

177 (65.1)

20 (16.5)

27 (26.5)

3

15 (20.3)

10 (23.8)

Preventive medicine and health promotion

27 (9.9)

61 (50.4)

16 (15.7)

1

7 (9.5)

6 (14.3)

Dental care

3 (1.1)

2 (1. 6)

16 (15.7)

 

4 (5.4)

2 (4.8)

Additional staff for primary clinics*

12 (4.4)

8 (6.6)

8 (7.8)

 

4 (5.4)

1 (2.4)

Building a new hospital*

45 (16.5)

25 (20.7)

32 (31.4)

[1]

[43] (58.1)

7 (16.7)

No response

8 (2.9)

5 (4.1)

3 (2.9)

 

[1] (1.3)

16 (38.1)

Total:

      

Same item +

177

61

16

   

Different item

95

60

86

4

27**

 
  1. *These items were not response options to both questions (personal insurance and supplementary budget).
  2. **48 responses marked [ ] were not included because the response combination related to two items not included in both questions.
  3. + Percentage choosing the same item = 48.3% (254/526).