2579|HEALTH BAROMETER 2004 (SECOND WAVE)

— Area considered to be of greatest interest to citizens: defense, education, health, housing, pensions, transport or citizen security. — Opinion on the Spanish health system. — Scale of satisfaction with the functioning of the Spanish health system. — Health insurance of which it is the holder or beneficiary. — Need for healthcare outside the autonomous community of residence and type of identification document. — Assistance to the doctor of general medicine or pediatrics and type of medical service, public or private, that he has used and reasons for the choice of type of service. — Consultations with the GP in the last year. Number of times. — Assessment of the care received in general medicine and comparison with the expected care. — Request appointments for the doctor of cabacera and preferences. — Scale of satisfaction with various aspects of the care received in public health in the consultation of general medicine/pediatrics, in specialised care and in hospitals. — Assistance to the emergency department in the last year, number of visits and type of service ultilised. Primary cause for going to an emergency department of a public hospital and reason to choose a hospital. — Speed and evaluation of the care received in emergencies. — Assistance to the specialist doctor in the last year, number of visits and type of service ultilised. — Evaluation of the care received in the specialist’s consultation and comparison with the expected care. — Request appointments, place and waiting time. Time until consultation, attendance and cancellation of appointments. — Admission to Hospital in the last year and type of Hospital, public or private. — In case of hospitalisation in a public hospital in the last year: main cause of admission and assignment during the hospital stay of a responsible doctor. — Information on the time it would take to enter for operation. — Evaluation of the care received in public hospital and comparison with the expected care. — Review of the shared rooms in Public Hospitals. — Scale of assessment of the information provided by public health services. — Opinion on whether the health authorities are carrying out measures to improve waiting lists and on the evolution of waiting lists in the last year. — Attitudes to stem cell research. Support for research and the need for control by health authorities. — Opinion that the Social Security establishes the maximum prices of the drugs that serve the same. — Knowledge about what ‘generic medicines’ are. Attitude that you would adopt in the event that your doctor prescribes a generic medication. Prescriptions of generic drugs and substitution of one generic for another in the pharmacy. — Self-medication of the interviewee. — Clarity of the doctor in the explanation of the administration of the prescribed medication and follow-up of the patient’s indications in the amount and time of treatment. — Surplus medicines and their final destination. — Need for medicines outside the autonomous community of origin and problems to achieve them. — Scale of assessment of various aspects of public health care related to consultations of general and pediatric medicine, public specialised care and public hospitals. — Influence of food, sun, weight, tobacco and alcohol on cancer prevention. Doctor’s recommendations and follow-up by the user. — Opinion on equal health care for all citizens irrespective of: the autonomous community of residence, the age, the area (rural or urban) in which you reside and the social level. Reasons for inequality. — Opinion on the evolution of the last five years of: primary care, specialised care consultation and hospital care. — Comparison of the health services you receive in the community of residence with others. — Comparison between the health service provided by the community or by the State. — Opinion on the desirability of the autonomous communities agreeing to provide new health services. — Nationality of the interviewee.