Attitudes of the public to medical care: part 6. Pharmaceutical benefits.
People's attitudes in Dunedin and Auckland were surveyed regarding prescribing. A significant proportion favoured a prescription charge. With a choice between a free doctor and free medicine, there was preference for the former. No great dissatisfaction with the present system of prescription medicine was found.
D001294:Attitude to Health; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005194:Family Practice; D005252:Fees, Pharmaceutical; D005260:Female; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services; D008297:Male; D008489:Medical Indigency; D009313:National Health Programs; D009520:New Zealand; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011306:Prescription Fees; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders