Should GPs ask patients about their financial concerns? Exploration through collaborative research

Figures & data

Table 1. Questions and response categories included in the mapping of patients by the GPs.

Topic/question	Response categories
(i) Sex	Male/female
(ii) Age	Seven categories
(iii) Do you have health problems that cause you financial concerns?	Yes/no, don’t know, prefer not to answer
(iv) Do you have financial concerns that cause health problems?	Yes/no, don’t know, prefer not to answer
(v) Do you want to speak with a financial adviser in the labour and welfare services?	Yes/no
(vi) If yes, what type of financial counselling do you want?	Financial counselling from the local labour and welfare office, I would like to talk anonymously to a national financial counsellor phone service (see appendix), I don’t know

Figure 1. Percentage of the patients who answered yes to the following questions: (a) Do you have health problems that give you financial concerns? (b) Do you have financial concerns that affect your health?