Survey on Attitudes towards the Australian health system
The Menzies Centre for Health Policy and The Nous Group recently surveyed 1200 Australians to understand their attitudes towards the health system. The survey covered the following topics:
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Expectations, confidence and satisfaction with the system |
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Health literacy and the ability to access care |
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Cost-related access and private health insurance |
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Privacy |
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Commonwealth-State relations. |
The results of the survey will be progressively released from October 2008 through early 2009. Latest results, along with media releases and articles, are provided in the ‘results and releases’ bar.
Survey methodology
The survey was conducted nationwide among Australian residents aged 18+, between July 21 and August 5, 2008. The number of respondents was 1200.
Interviews were conducted by telephone using random digit dialling CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing)
The data were post-weighted by age, sex, state and education to reflect the population distribution. Fieldwork and post-weighting were carried out by Q & A Market Research. |
