Table 3. Proportion of agreement/disagreement to the question “Do you think it is justifiable to treat the following patient groups in preference to all others?” with respondents.
Response categories | ||||
Criterion | Yes | No | Don't know | Answer refused |
Life-threatening disease | 93.7 | 5.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Acute diseases | 87.2 | 11.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 |
Children | 72.5 | 25.4 | 1.9 | 0.2 |
Physical handicap | 57.0 | 38.7 | 3.9 | 0.3 |
Senior citizens | 50.2 | 45.4 | 4.0 | 0.3 |
Low quality of life | 49.1 | 45.1 | 5.5 | 0.3 |
With children | 46.4 | 49.4 | 3.7 | 0.4 |
Mental handicap | 43.9 | 51.0 | 4.9 | 0.2 |
Psychological illness | 42.5 | 51.4 | 5.7 | 0.4 |
Chronic illness | 42.3 | 54.2 | 3.4 | 0.1 |
Social responsibility | 31.4 | 65.1 | 3.3 | 0.1 |
Working age | 14.4 | 83.7 | 1.9 | 0.1 |
Socially disadvantaged | 13.8 | 83.2 | 2.9 | 0.2 |
Healthy lifestyle | 8.4 | 88.9 | 2.5 | 0.2 |
Active in the community (socially active) | 5.9 | 92.4 | 1.7 | 0.0 |
Professional responsibility | 5.8 | 92.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 |
Unemployed | 4.8 | 93.7 | 1.4 | 0.1 |
High income | 1.6 | 97.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 |