Year: 2007
Module: Public Services
Variable:SELHOSP

And what about a hospital which has more patients needing heart surgery than the hospital can operate on. Which of these options do you think would be the best way of deciding who should be given an operation?

 

%

Give priority to those who have been waiting longest 35
Allow doctors to decide who is most in need 56
Hold a ballot to select at random which patients should get an operation 1
Can't choose 8

 

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Results for men and women

%

  Male Female
Give priority to those who have been waiting longest 36 34
Allow doctors to decide who is most in need 55 56
Hold a ballot to select at random which patients should get an operation 1 1
Can't choose 8 8

  

 
Results for people of different ages

%

  18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Give priority to those who have been waiting longest 35 40 35 36 25 38
Allow doctors to decide who is most in need 51 47 60 58 66 55
Hold a ballot to select at random which patients should get an operation 3 0 1 1 1 1
Can't choose 11 13 5 5 8 6

 

  

Results for people of different religions

%

  Catholic Protestant No religion
Give priority to those who have been waiting longest 39 33 32
Allow doctors to decide who is most in need 49 60 63
Hold a ballot to select at random which patients should get an operation 2 1 1
Can't choose 11 6 4

 

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