Comparison of health confidence in rural, suburban and urban areas in the UK and the USA: a secondary analysis.

ABSTRACT: Confidence in healthcare may influence the patients' utilisation of healthcare resources and perceptions of healthcare quality. We sought to determine whether self-reported confidence in healthcare differed between the UK and the USA, as well as by rurality or urbanicity. A secondary analysis of a subset of survey questions regarding self-reported confidence in healthcare from the 2010 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey. Telephone survey of participants from the UK and the USA. Our final analysis included 1511 UK residents (688 rural, 446 suburban, 372 urban, 5 uncategorised) and 2501 US residents (536 rural, 1294 suburban, 671 urban). Questions assessed respondents' confidence in the effectiveness and affordability of the treatment. We compared survey outcomes from these

SUBMITTER: Haven K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3646176 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature