Abstract

Objectives
To assess citizen/patient perceptions of access to local health care services and the nature of their recent experiences as patients compared to 5years ago, in 15 countries.
Methods
A multi-country cross-sectional online survey was conducted in 2012 in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the United States (US), involving adults aged 18-64 in the US and Canada, and aged 16-64 in all other countries; 1000 individuals participated on a country-by-country basis with the exception of Argentina, Belgium, Hungary, Poland, South Korea, and Sweden, where each have a sample of~ 500. Weighting was employed to balance demographics, reflect the adult population per most recent country census data and reflect equal proportion of patients across countries (500/country). Surveys assessed the individual’s …

Date

2014

Authors

S Narayanan, J Wright

Journal

Value in Health

Volume

17

Issue

3

Pages

A142

Publisher

Elsevier