Open - Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS)

(41a)
Q6 Includeinpatientstays in privatehospitalsend clinics.
Q 6(a) hn in~tient staylastsfran-ssicm to discharge,m if an
infonymt was sentham? for the *ekan5 duringa spellas an
Inpatient,this just munw ss ma spell,
Q 6(b) E& descriptionof piivatetreatmentsee @(C)
Include as private stays these duringwhichthe informantpaid
for medicalcarem acmmmdation m lmth.
Q6(b)(i) Rivate wiqs in ~ hospitalscountas t.lsS lmspitals(code1).
Privatemedicalinsurance((E7-11)
?he t?ISShas asked us to identifythe kinds of pecplewlm are coveredby private
medical insurane, arrlto obtainsane very sinpleinformeticn aboutrecentclaim
made. Similarquestiom were aeked in the 1982 and 1983GIiS.
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‘he type of healthinsurancewith whichwe are corcernedis obtainedthrcugh
subscriptionto cne of a nmber of specialistinsuranceompanies (nmnsdly called
providentaescciationa). ‘lheseompanies cperatea wide tangeof schemesthroiqh
which insuredpeopleare mintnmed all or part of the restsof ~ivete treatment
- eg for hcspitslaccamodation,specialistfees for conaultatimard treatment,
tests ad X-rays,theetrecharges,drugs.
Q7
The mdical insurancein tiichwe are interesbsdprovidescover
forprivate treatmentin -at Britain,so ycu shouldexcludeany
insurance‘thatprovidesower solelyfornedica.1carewhile
abroad.
E you are not surewhethera particularplicy counts,_ Q.7
as ‘Yes’,becauseanswersto otherquestionswill enableus to
edit out policiesthat are not relevantto ~ pupae.
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Q8 Undermet schems, pecplewb are enrolledmay pay subscriptions
eitherfor themelves alonem to includerover for their
~ts: fiCIUdeSS~lminfo-~is insuredby his
esnp~er (le such a personM ~ a dapefiantm the cmpsny
Pollcy). .
Itisvery rareindeed fcraamona undertheageof18t0 bea
plicy lmlder,ec thoseaged 16-17are aesmed to be dependanticm
suneoneelse’spolicyand are not askedthe question.
Q 8(a)
In dditicn to the typeof nedicalcarewith whitiwe are
mncerned, ame prwident aaaociationarun other aclnsm2s;for
esanple,wple can be paid a cash benefitfor each day they are
in hospital,but are mt reinburaedfor the mst of private
treatment. lWse typesof schemeare ~acciated with particular
prwident associations,so we =ed the mm in crder to be able to
edit them out at a laterstage.
If you ring code 4 end specify,pleasewriteout the name in full.
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