Noriko Sasaki|Stef Groenewoud|Susumu Kunisawa|Gert P. Westert|Yuichi Imanaka
Public needs for information disclosure on healthcare performance
Kyoto University|Radboud University Nijmegen|Radboud University Medical Center|University Medical Center|Kyoto University|Radboud University Nijmegen|Radboud University Medical Center|University Medical Center|Kyoto University
accumulated healthcare performance data related unwarranted practice variations necessarily disseminated patients citizens clarify needs public disclosure explored japanese dutch citizens preferences values towards information disclosure healthcare disparityonline optin survey conducted asked citizens preference know healthcare performance indicators regions hospitals attitudes towards healthcare equity descriptive statistical analysis chisquared automatic interaction detection tree analysis performed explore sociodemographic determinants associated positive value information disclosure healthcare equity compared combination attributes highest lowest subgroups country compared within countries last logistic regression analysis performed evaluate impact determinantsignificant differences observed 2 countries japan jpn 1038 netherlands nl 1040 crucial attributes identified age sex educational background living area jpn along age sex nl japanese comprised multiple subgroups heterogeneous values showed relatively low interest knowing information seemed accept healthcare inequality especially among urban males aged 20 59 years contrarily dutch people mostly showed high interest items female older respondents valued information disclosure highly across countriesto share healthcare performance knowledge empowering public historical cultural sociodemographic context including health literacy citizens subgroups considered making comprehensive public reports