Comparability of Health Care Responsiveness in Europe

Autor/inn/en	Sirven, Nicolas; Santos-Eggimann, Brigitte; Spagnoli, Jacques
Titel	Comparability of Health Care Responsiveness in Europe
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 105 (2012) 2, S.255-271 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-011-9880-z
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Medical Services; Health Facilities; Access to Health Care; Vignettes; Older Adults; Program Effectiveness; Social Indicators; Measurement; Sociometric Techniques; Evaluation Methods; Comparative Analysis; Surveys + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Arzt; Gesundheitszentrum; Älterer Erwachsener; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Messverfahren; Soziometrie; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	The aim of this paper is to measure and to correct for the potential incomparability of responses to the SHARE survey on health care responsiveness. A parametric approach based on the use of anchoring vignettes is applied to cross-sectional data (2006-2007) in eleven European countries. More than 7,000 respondents aged 50 years old and over were asked to assess the quality of health care responsiveness in three domains: waiting time for medical treatment, quality of the conditions in visited health facilities, and communication and involvement in decisions about the treatment. Our results suggest that there is reporting heterogeneity across countries and across individuals within countries, and the degree of heterogeneity varies with the health care domain. Although leading countries in terms of health care responsiveness remain among the most successful even after correction for reporting heterogeneity, one may acknowledge many shifts in the ranking of the other countries. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10