2305|BAROMETER ON THE HEALTH SYSTEM 1998 (THIRD WAVE)

— Area considered to be of greatest interest to citizens: defence, education, health, housing, pensions, transport or citizen security — Opinion on the Spanish health system — Health insurance of which you are the holder or beneficiary — Type of health card held: individual or family booklet — Possibility of going to more than one doctor of general medicine, in the case of being a beneficiary on more than one card or Social Security card — Knowledge of the name of the general medical doctor who usually treats you in the public primary care facility — Type of medical service, public or private, that you would use in case you need to go to: general medicine/pediatrics, specialist consultations, hospital admission and emergencies. Service used the last time you used public and private health — Time that has elapsed since you last used a public health service and a private one. Main reasons for its use — Specialty to which she attended the last time this year, in public and private health — Scale of satisfaction with various aspects of the care received in public health in: general Medicine/Paediatric Consultations, Specialised Care and Hospitals — Stay of the interviewee or a member of the household in a public hospital. Assignment of a doctor responsible for your illness. Time that has elapsed since the last time you were admitted to a public hospital — Scale of assessment of the information provided by public health services — Number of complaints submitted to public health — Last complaint submitted, type of health center and reason for complaint, complaint procedure used and resolution thereof — Reason never to file a complaint — Administration of medicines prescribed by the doctor and abandonment of treatment when it is best. Reason why you do not take prescription drugs and buy them even if you do not consume them — Opinion on the volume of consumption of medicines in Spain. Reason why you think a lot of drugs are consumed — Opinion on the importance of the consumption of medicines to cure diseases — Agreement with phrases about the reasons that lead to an unnecessary prescription of medicines — Opinion on whether doctors should inform patients about the existence of alternatives to medication, contraindications of the drug and the existence of medicines with lower prices than prescribed — Phrase with which you agree more regarding the consumption of medicines — Usual attitude of the doctor (prescription medications or advice another type of alternative) to a consultation for a health problem that does not require treatment with drugs. Personal preference (if you prefer drugs, reason) — Degree of agreement with different phrases about the pharmaceutical industry — Habitual behavior in the face of a health problem: go to the pharmacist, instead of the doctor, to advise you on the most appropriate medicine — Opinion on whether the pharmacist should: reporting the risks of self-medication, dispensing an over-the-counter drug, and reporting on the drug’s limits and method of administration — Opinion on the main work of a pharmacist — Scale of justification for different behaviour of citizens in the face of medical consultations — Comparison of the professional preparation of doctors with respect to other professions — Opinion on the main reason that leads some people to choose medicine as a profession — Comparison of the situation of doctors in public and private health with respect to: professional recognition, social prestige, autonomy and capacity to decide and pay — Opinion on the information they give, with regard to the rational consumption of medicines, the health administration, doctors in general and public health doctors in particular — Scale of political ideology — Number of people living in the interviewee’s home