Corruption, inequality and population perception of healthcare quality in Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evaluating the quality of healthcare and patient safety using general population questionnaires is important from research and policy perspective. Using a special wave of the Eurobarometer survey, we analysed the general population's perception of health care quality and patient safety in a cross-country setting.

Methods

We used ordered probit, ordinary least squares and probit analysis to estimate the determinants of health care quality, and ordered logit analysis to analyse the likelihood of being harmed by a specific medical procedure. The models used population weights as well as country-clustered standard errors.

Results

We found robust evidence for the impact of socio-demographic variables on the perception of quality of health care. More specifically

SUBMITTER: Nikoloski Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3831823 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature