DataSet

Commonwealth Fund

The survey screened random samples of adults age eighteen or older to identify those who rated their health as fair or poor or had a serious illness or disability; major surgery or been hospitalized in the past two years. The analysis is restricted to respondents who also indicated they had been diagnosed with any of seven chronic conditions: hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, lung problems, cancer, or depression. The Commonwealth Fund funded the core study and partnered with the Health Foundation (U.K.) to expand the U.K. Sample, and the Health Council of Canada, Ontario Health Quality Council, and Commissaire à la Santé du Québec to expand the Canadian sample. The German Institute for Quality and Economic Efficiency Health Care funded the German sample. La Haute Autorité de Santé funded the French sample and the Dutch Ministry for Health, Welfare and Sport and the Center for Quality Care Research supported the Netherlands sample. The questionnaire was designed by The Commonwealth Fund and Harris Interactive, with advice of experts in each country.

Canada; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data Collection; Delivery of Health Care; Fee-for-Service Plans; Germany; Internationality; Managed Care Programs; National Health Programs; Patient Satisfaction; Random Allocation; Single-Payer System; United States; Australia; France; the Netherlands; New Zealand; the United Kingdom

Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States

InfoPac

Harris Poll

1981