Table 2 Patients’ attitudes regarding separation between Jews and Arabs in the healthcare system
The statement | Respondents | Absolutely disagree | Fully agree | Mean | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Jewish patients should be allowed to choose to be in a room only with Jews | Jews N = 503 | 48% | 8% | 15% | 7% | 23% | 2.51 | <.0001 |
Arab patients should be allowed to choose to be in a room only with Arabs | Arabs N = 255 | 65% | 6% | 8% | 4% | 17% | 2.02 | |
There should be a separate healthcare system in Israel for Jews and for Arabs (similar to the current separation in the education system) | Jews N = 496 | 73% | 7% | 8% | 4% | 8% | 1.68 | n.s. |
Arabs N = 254 | 68% | 3% | 7% | 1% | 20% | 2.04 |