A national survey of ethnic differences in knowledge and understanding of supplementary health insurance

Table 2 Familiarity with SHI according to knowledge about Services that are included or not included in SHI

	Arabs (800)		Jews (814)		P value¹
	n, %		n, %		P value¹
Subsidized Private Nurse in hospitalization after surgery					P = 0.996
Included^a	189	23.7	192	23.7
Not Included	226	28.3	259	31.9
Don’t know	383	48.0	360	44.4
Choosing a doctor or a surgeon from every hospital in Israel					P = 0.780
Included	375	46.9	465	57.3
Not included^a	175	21.9	173	21.3
Don’t know	249	31.2	173	21.3
Subsidized private prenatal care and fertility treatments					P = 0.628
Included^a	386	48.3	373	47.0
Not included	122	15.3	82	10.3
Don’t know	292	36.5	338	42.6
Subsidized transplants and surgeries abroad					P = 0.010
Included^a	357	44.7	413	51.1
Not included	165	20.7	191	23.6
Don’t know	277	34.7	205	25.3
Private room in different hospitals in Israel					P < 0.001
Included	146	18.3	78	9.7
Not included^a	329	41.2	466	57.8
Don’t know	324	40.6	262	32.5
Cancer Medications not covered by basic health insurance					P = 0.196
Included	269	33.7	257	31.8
Not included^a	190	23.8	215	26.6
Don’t know	339	42.5	336	41.6
Partial coverage of Consultation with a specialist					P < 0.001
Included^a	350	43.9	670	82.8
Not included	188	23.6	50	6.2
Don’t know	259	32.5	89	11.0
Full coverage of Private physiotherapy					P < 0.001
Included	247	31.2	178	22.1
Not included^a	250	31.6	346	43.0
Don’t know	295	37.2	281	34.9

^aCorrect answer
¹ p-value was calculated for incorrect answer together with “don’t know” in comparison with correct answers

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