Charging patients for health issues caused by lifestyle, by age group 2017 Statistic

This statistic shows the level of public acceptance in the United Kingdom (UK) for funding the NHS by charging patients for health issues caused in some way by their lifestyle as of January 2017. From the respondents aged 18 to 24 and 25 to 34, 54 percent and 28 percent respectfully believed that it was fairly acceptable to fund the NHS by changing some patients with health issues caused by their lifestyle.

Public acceptance of funding the NHS by charging patients for health issues caused in some way by their lifestyle as of January 2017, by age group

Characteristic	Completely acceptable	Fairly acceptable	Neither acceptable nor unacceptable	Fairly unacceptable	Completely unacceptable	Don't know
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Release date

February 2017

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

January 26 to January 29, 2017

Number of respondents

1,033 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

Original question: To maintain the current level of care and services provided by the NHS, funding for the NHS would have to increase. I am now going to read out some suggestions people have made about how funding could increase. With that in mind, how acceptable or unacceptable do you feel each of the following measures would be ... Charging patients who have diseases and illnesses which are caused in some way by their lifestyle.

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