Focus on Health Care : Surveying the Public in Four Health Districts, 1987

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>A study using sample survey methods to investigate the public's experience, attitudes and needs in respect of health care provided by the National Health Service. It involved the active co-operation of the District General Managers in four health districts, together with the administrators of the Family Practitioner Committees covering the same areas.Four separate sample surveys were conducted.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Variables<br>
The examination of public satisfaction was limited to four service areas: GP services; accident and emergency services; outpatient departments; inpatient and daypatient stays (including maternity).<br>
Within these areas emphasis was placed on: access to care; communication; information, knowledge and consumer choice; the interface between GP and hospital care; models of care.<br>
In addition to collecting background data on individual and household use of NHS services, use of 'alternative medicine' and private health care services was investigated, although limitations on interview length did not permit this to be carried out in detail.

<P>本研究摘要版权归英国数据服务中心（UK Data Service）及数据集采集版权方所有。</P><br>本研究采用抽样调查方法，探究公众对于英国国家医疗服务体系（National Health Service, NHS）提供的医疗服务的体验、态度与需求。本次研究获得了四个医疗辖区的区域医疗总经理，以及覆盖上述辖区的家庭医生委员会（Family Practitioner Committees）管理人员的积极配合，共开展了四项独立的抽样调查。<br><br><B>核心研究主题</B>:<BR><br>变量<br>本次公众满意度调研仅覆盖四大服务领域：全科医生（General Practitioner, GP）服务、急诊急救服务、门诊科室服务，以及住院与日间住院服务（含产科服务）。<br>上述领域的调研重点涵盖：医疗服务可及性、医患沟通、信息获取与认知、患者自主选择权、全科医生与医院医疗服务的衔接机制，以及医疗服务模式。<br>除收集个体与家庭使用英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）服务的背景数据外，本研究同时调研了公众对替代疗法与私人医疗服务的使用情况，但因访谈时长限制，该部分调研未能深入展开。