Before agreeing to buy or get something, generally people like to know how much it is going to cost. As the costs of living in general, and health care costs specifically, continue to increase faster than wage; it is becoming more and more crucial for people to find out the costs of medical procedures before they commit to them.
However it isn’t well established what Australians do (or don’t do) in order to find out how much medical and health procedures cost. The Consumers Health Forum of Australia has been commissioned by the Department of Health to find out.
So for the Australia’s Health Panel April 2022 survey we are asking you- how do you (or would you) find out the costs of a medical or health procedure?
Q1- What do you do if you want to find out the costs of a medical procedure?
For example- where would look for information, who would you ask, would you crosscheck across multiple places etc. Be as detailed as you like.
