This statistic shows the results of a 2015 survey asking individuals in the United Kingdom if they would feel in better hands if they were in private health insurance. 84 percent of respondents between the ages of 75 and 84 felt that they would not be in better hands if they were in private health insurance.
Would you feel safer and in better hands if you were in private health care?**
* Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole point.
** Exact formulation of the question: "Do you feel you get a lower standard of care on the NHS? In other words, would you feel safer and in better hands if you were in private healthcare?"
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Benenden health. (January 30, 2016). Would you feel safer and in better hands if you were in private health care?** [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/534172/standard-of-care-on-the-nhs-in-united-kingdom-uk/
Benenden health. "Would you feel safer and in better hands if you were in private health care?**." Chart. January 30, 2016. Statista. Accessed September 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/534172/standard-of-care-on-the-nhs-in-united-kingdom-uk/
Benenden health. (2016). Would you feel safer and in better hands if you were in private health care?**. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/534172/standard-of-care-on-the-nhs-in-united-kingdom-uk/
Benenden health. "Would You Feel Safer and in Better Hands If You Were in Private Health Care?**." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jan 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/534172/standard-of-care-on-the-nhs-in-united-kingdom-uk/
Benenden health, Would you feel safer and in better hands if you were in private health care?** Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/534172/standard-of-care-on-the-nhs-in-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited September 26, 2024)
Would you feel safer and in better hands if you were in private health care?** [Graph], Benenden health, January 30, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/534172/standard-of-care-on-the-nhs-in-united-kingdom-uk/