RT Article
T1 Awareness of costs and individual accountability in health care
JF Nursing ethics
VO 20
IS 6
SP 645
OP 659
A1 Nunes, Sofia RT
A1 Rego, Guilhermina
A1 Nunes, Rui
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2013
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1779451547
AB Questions of social justice and health-care costs are some of the concerns of society. The cost caused by cardiovascular diseases can have an enormous impact, and it is important to know what patients think about illness costs when they are hospitalized. Two interviews were realized in a longitudinal study, in a sample of 106 patients submitted to expensive techniques in Cardiology (Portugal), to understand the patients’ perception about the health costs and behavior changes based on awareness. We can conclude that cardiovascular diseases are a global phenomenon that generally affects all social groups. From those interviewed, 83% of the patients agree about getting information concerning the treatments and intervention costs during hospitalization because the information about costs can bring the necessary tools for improvement in patients and health resources; 70.8% of the patients say that this information could bring awareness to the patient’s life, enhancing responsibility and personal autonomy.
K1 Social Justice
K1 priorities in health care
K1 Personal Autonomy
K1 health knowledge
K1 health-care costs
K1 Cardiovascular diseases
DO 10.1177/0969733012468464