Knowledge and attitudes to prescription charges in New Zealand and England.

Background: Prescription charge regimes vary between countries but there is little research on how much people know about these or support values underlying them.

Objective: To explore, in New Zealand (NZ) and England, the public's knowledge of, and attitudes to, charges and whether knowledge and attitudes varied by demographic characteristics or by values about entitlement to public goods.

Method: A questionnaire was developed and administered to people over 18 recruited in public places in NZ and England.