Swiss Pilot ISSP 2011 Health

The ISSP HEALTH PILOT survey is the pilot survey of the 2011 International Social Survey Program (ISSP) module on health, health policies and inequalities in health. The ISSP survey is carried out in more than 40 countries worldwide. Each edition of the ISSP covers a specific theme, which is repeated at regular intervals. In Switzerland, the ISSP is part of the MOSAICH survey (Measurement and Observation of Social Attitudes in Switzerland, http://forscenter.ch/en/our-surveys/international-surveys/mosaich-issp/). The ISSP HEALTH PILOT survey interviewed several hundred people living in the canton of Vaud in late 2009 and early 2010; it is preliminary to the MOSAiCH2011 survey, which interviews a representative sample of the resident population in Switzerland. The survey focuses on public opinion on the prioritization of resources and health care as well as on the confidence in and the satisfaction with the health care system. It looks at different dimensions: self-rated health status and well-being, personal experience with health care, confidence in the health care system, importance to be put on different health sectors, and satisfaction with the current system and its benefits.