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Access to Health Care from Commonwealth Fund, World by Select Countries, 2007,

This dataset is from select data from the Commonwealth Fund's "Health System Performance in Selected Nations: A Chartpack".

The data represent various indicators of access to healthcare including wait times to see a doctor of for surgery.

The countries included are Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, and Germany

Attributes Range Median Mean Standard Deviation
6+ day wait for doctor when sick; below average income -1 - 25 14.00 12.00 10.88

"Access to Doctor When Sick or Need Medical Attention, by Income, 2004 Percent waited six days or more for appointment when sick; Below average income

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latitude -43.59 - 62.36 51.09 23.18 45.46
difficulty getting off hours care; below average income -1 - 70 53.00 42.67 25.20

"Difficulty Getting Care on Nights, Weekends, Holidays Without Going to ER,2004 Percent saying “very” or “somewhat difficult”

Below average income"

6+ day wait for doctor when sick; above average income -1 - 24 12.00 9.33 8.96

"Access to Doctor When Sick orNeed Medical Attention, by Income, 2004 Percent waited six days or more for appointment when sick; Above average income

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country Country column (no statistics available)
4+ month wait for elective or non-emergancy surgery 6 - 41 20.00 21.17 13.73

"Waiting Time for Elective or Non-Emergency Surgery, Sicker Adults, 2005; Base: Needed non-emergency or elective surgery

Percent experienced wait time of 4 month or more "

6+ day wait for appoitment when sick 3 - 36 15.00 16.67 11.50

"Waiting Time to See Doctor When Sick or Need Medical Attention, Sicker Adults in Six Countries,

2005; Last time you were sick or needed medical attention,how quickly could you get an appointment to see a doctor? Percent of adults reporting 6 days or more"

longitude -98.58 - 170.37 10.45 19.47 112.88
difficulty getting off hours care; above average income -1 - 60 56.00 41.67 23.50

"Difficulty Getting Care on Nights, Weekends, Holidays Without Going to ER,2004 Percent saying “very” or “somewhat difficult”

Above average income

percent of physicians think there are long waits for diagnostic tests 6 - 57 28.00 26.50 22.81

Physicians’ Perception of Patient Access: Patients Often Experience Long Waits for Diagnostic Tests, 2006 Percent of physicians