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Table 2 Percentage choosing each area as first priority for surplus budget by first priority for personal insurance - Version 1 of questionnaire (N = 609)

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

 

Screening tests

Cardiac rehabilitation

Mental health care

Alternative medicine

Second opinion*

No response

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Total

278 (100.0)

142 (100.0)

65 (100.0)

38 (100.0)

30 (100.0)

56 (100.0)

Screening tests

155 (55.8)

29 (20.4)

9 (13.8)

9 (23.7)

7 (26.7)

10 (17.9)

Cardiac rehabilitation

30 (10.8)

45 (31.7)

5 (7.7)

5 (13.2)

4 (13.3)

5 (8.9)

Mental health care

14 (5.0)

14 (9.9)

35 (53.9)

5 (13.1)

2 (6.7)

8 (14.3)

Alternative medicine

0

3 (2.1)

2 (3.1)

3 (7.9)

0

0

Subsidized supplemental insurance for the poor*

44 (15.8)

16 (11.3)

6 (9.2)

10 (26.3)

[6 (20.0)]

8 (14.3)

Fertility treatments*

20 (7.2)

23 (16.2)

5 (7.7)

4 (10.5)

[5 (16.7)]

3 (5.4)

No response

15 (5.4)

12 (8.4)

3 (4.6)

2 (5.3)

5 (16.7)

22 (39.3)

Total:

      

Same item +

155

45

35

3

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Different item

123

97

30

35

18**

 
  1. *These items were not response options to both questions (personal insurance and supplementary budget).
  2. **11 responses marked [ ] were not included because the response combination related to two items not included in both questions.
  3. + Percentage choosing the same item = 44.0% (238/541).