Health Care Spending: Changes in the Perceptions of the Australian Public.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing demand for services and rising health care costs create pressures within the Australian health care system and result in higher health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs for consumers.

Objective

To measure changes in consumer views on the quality of the Australian health care system, contributors to rising costs and attitudes towards managing these costs.

Methods

Two computer-assisted telephone interviews were conducted in 2006 (533 respondents) and 2015 (1318 respondents) and results compared.

Results

More respondents in 2015 rated the Australian health care system 'very adequate' than in 2006 (22.3% vs 8.3%; Odds Ratio OR 3.2, 99% CI 2.1, 5.1) with fewer 'concerned' or 'fairly concerned' about the health care costs (69.0% vs 85.7

SUBMITTER: Robertson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4905657 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature