GSS 1972-2024 Cumulative Datafile - Release 1

If you were to seek services for a problem with your emotions, 
nerves, or your mental health, how much would you agree or disagree 
with the following options? 
A. I would prefer to go directly to a mental health care specialist, 
rather than being referred by my primary care physician.

If you were to seek services for a problem with your emotions, 
nerves, or your mental health, how much would you agree or disagree 
with the following options? 
B. I would trust my family physician to prescribe psychiatric 
medication.

If you were to seek services for a problem with your emotions, 
nerves, or your mental health, how much would you agree or disagree 
with the following options? 
C. I would only trust a psychiatrist to prescribe psychiatric 
medication.

First, are you, yourself, covered by health insurance, a government 
plan like Medicare or Medicaid, or some other plan that pays for your 
medical care?

There are many different types of health care plans. I''d like to 
know which type of plan is most like yours. Please tell me if your 
plan has any of these features: 
A. Is there a book, directory or list of doctors whom you must use?

There are many different types of health care plans. I''d like to 
know which type of plan is most like yours. Please tell me if your 
plan has any of these features: 
B. Can you choose any doctor you like in your community or elsewhere, 
perhaps paying part of the bill?

Have you ever switched your plan or the medical care provider within 
your plan due to dissatisfaction with a prior plan?

Since you joined this plan, have you sought medical care for problems 
with your emotions, nerves, or mental health?

Were you able to get the treatment you sought?

How difficult was it to get the treatment that you sought: very 
difficult, somewhat difficult, or not at all difficult?