Questionnaire

This questionnaire is for a school based internal assessment. All information will be kept in

the strictest confidence. The researcher is grateful for the time you taken to answer the

questions below:

1. In which country of Jamaica do you live in?

a. Cornwall

b. Middlesex

c. Surrey

2. Do you have a serious medical condition?

a. Yes

b. No

3. How concerned are you about the closure of the Cornwall Regional Hospital

building?

a. Very

b. Not Very

c. Extremely

4. Was the Cornwall Regional Hospital your main health care facility before the closure

of the main building?

a. Yes

b. No

5. Where would you receive primary healthcare as a result of the closure of the Cornwall

Regional Hospital main building?

a. Still at CRH

b. Community Clinic
 c. Private hospital/clinic

d. Another/ public hospital

6. How has your travel time to receive healthcare been impacted as a result of the

closure of the Cornwall Regional Hospital main building?

a. Decreased

b. Increased

c. Stayed the same

7. How has the monetary cost of receiving healthcare been impacted as a result of the

closure of the main building f the Cornwall Regional Hospital?

a. Cost is less expensive

b. Cost is more expensive

c. Cost is relatively the same

8. How important do you think good healthcare is for the development of the Jamaican

society essential?

a. Essential and vital

b. Completely unimportant

c. Important to a small extent

9. Ifyou have an existing medical condition, to what extent have you been able to

manage your health condition after the closure of the main building of the Cornwall

Regional Hospital?

a. Condition has become unmanageable

b. Condition has become difficult to manage

c. Management of the condition remains the sae

10. How has your contact time with nurses and doctors been affected by the closure of the

Cornwall Regional Hospital main building?

 a. Very little contact with doctors/nurses

b. Little contact with doctors/nurses

c. Contact time remains the same

11. In your opinion, which two(2) groups of people in society will be most affected by the

closure of the main building of the Cornwall Regional

Hospital?_____________________________________________________________

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12. How has your economic wellbeing been impacted after the closure of the Cornwall

Regional Hospital main building?

a. Negatively

b. Positively

c. Stayed the same

13. Generally, how do you think the closure of the Cornwall Regional Hospital will affect

the health of the people in western Jamaica in the long term?

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