GSS 1972-2024 Cumulative Datafile - Release 3

Vignette number given to respondent.

This section is about physicians telling patients about how health 
insurance and managed care policies affect health care. First, I will 
ask you about your health care. Later, you will hear a recorded 
conversation between a doctor and patient and I'll ask some questions 
about the conversation.Do you have a regular doctor or clinic?

Have you been a patient with this doctor or clinic for more than one 
year?

I will read you some statements of beliefs people have.  Please look 
at the card and decide which answer best applies to you.
A. I prefer that my doctor offers me choices and asks my opinion.

I will read you some statements of beliefs people have.  Please look 
at the card and decide which answer best applies to you.
B. I prefer to leave decisions about my medical care up to my doctor.

I will read you some statements of beliefs people have.  Please look 
at the card and decide which answer best applies to you.
C. I prefer to rely on my doctor's knowledge and not try to find out 
about my condition on my own.

Do you have any health insurance, including Medicare or Medicaid?

Do you feel that you had enough choices among different doctors in 
your health insurance plan when you chose your current doctor?

Does your health insurance plan have restrictions, for example limits 
on getting tests and getting care from specialists?

Have you, or anyone in your household, ever had difficulty getting a 
test or getting care from a specialist when you felt you needed to?

Some doctors or groups may be paid more if they limit the use of 
expensive tests or the use of specialists. Such arrangements are 
known as financial incentives. Have you heard of such arrangements 
before now?

Please assume that your health plan has a financial incentive for 
your doctor to limit the use of expensive tests. 
OR 
Please assume that you have a health plan and the plan has a 
financial incentive for your doctor to limit the use of expensive 
tests 
How important is it for you to be told about these financial 
incentives?

Please assume that your health plan has a financial incentive for 
your doctor to limit the use of expensive tests. 
OR 
Please assume that you have a health plan and the plan has a 
financial incentive for your doctor to limit the use of expensive 
tests 
When do you think is the best time to be told about these financial 
incentives?

Please assume that your health plan has a financial incentive for 
your doctor to limit the use of expensive tests. 
OR 
Please assume that you have a health plan and the plan has a 
financial incentive for your doctor to limit the use of expensive 
tests 
Who is the best person to tell you about these financial incentives?

Please assume that your health plan has a financial incentive for 
your doctor to limit the use of expensive tests. 
OR 
Please assume that you have a health plan and the plan has a 
financial incentive for your doctor to limit the use of expensive 
tests 
How likely would you be to ask your regular doctor whether he or she 
has financial incentives that limit the use of expensive tests?

Do you believe what the doctor just told you?

Do you think the doctor provided enough information about financial 
incentives?

Do you agree with the doctors decision nor to order the MRI at this 
time?

Based on what the doctor has just told you, how satisfied would you 
be with the office visit?  Would you rate the visit as...

How much would you trust the doctor to put your health above costs? 
Would you say...

Based on what the doctor has just told you, if you could, would you 
switch physicians?

Based on what the doctor has just told you, if you could, would you 
switch health insurance plans?

Based on what the doctor has just told you, would you seek a second 
opinion from another physician?