This survey was intended as a contribution towards achieving high quality basic services for the population of West Bank and Gaza and, in particular, effective integration of services from different providers. The sample consisted of 25 sites of 100-120 households per site.
People make heavy use of secondary health care facilities.
Some people choose hospital care over primary care because they perceive they will get better care in a hospital. Rural dwellers rate their experience of hospitals more positively than the urban population and people from Gaza rate it more positively than those from West Bank. A common complaint about both primary health services and hospitals is a perceived lack of medicines needed to treat the condition. Basic education is nearly universal in this survey. Problems with basic education are less with parental perceptions of quality of education than with physical concerns.