20032004: Do you strongly support, support, oppose or strongly oppose allowing the government to be able to contract out the delivery of publicly covered services to private clinics, for instance having medicare pay for knee surgery at a private clinic rather than a public hospital?
20052006: I am going to read you a list of initiatives that may lead to a better health system. Thinking of how effective these might be, I would like you to tell me if you would support or oppose the implementation of any of these, using a 10-point scale where 1 means that you strongly oppose and 10 means you strongly support each one: Allowing the Govt. to contract out the delivery of publicly covered services to private clinics
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| Legend: |
P = Public |
D = Doctors |
Ph = Pharmacists |
N = Nurses |
M = Managers |
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Strongly support/ 9,10 |
Support/ 6,7,8 |
| 2003 |
P |
17 |
40 |
| D |
28 |
38 |
| Ph |
15 |
51 |
| N |
17 |
41 |
| M |
17 |
38 |
| 2004 |
P |
19 |
34 |
| D |
27 |
39 |
| Ph |
22 |
46 |
| N |
18 |
33 |
| M |
22 |
39 |
| 2005 |
P |
26 |
37 |
| D |
21 |
51 |
| Ph |
23 |
49 |
| N |
16 |
35 |
| M |
17 |
51 |
| 2006 |
P |
24 |
36 |