18-39 year olds are the first to not being treated for lack of means. The 7th EuropAssistance health barometer confirms that in times of crisis, the French are cutting back, more than their European neighbors, their health spending. By way of comparison, they are 24% of Germans, 20% of Italians and 4% of Britons to have given up medical care in their country.
Despite the appreciated efficiency of its health system, France is experiencing the highest increase in people who have given up on treatment for financial difficulties compared to other European countries.
Dental care, the first shunned
The survey specifies the type of care most shunned by the French: dental care comes first. The French then renounce the purchase of glasses or corrective lenses. Already, last September, an Ipsos survey for Krys opticians pointed to a decrease in consultations with the ophthalmologist. He indicated that nearly 7 in 10 French people have already delayed the moment to change their glasses for lack of money. And 12% of those surveyed admitted to having given up eye care.
In this new barometer, we learn that after eye care, routine care (consultation of a general practitioner or a specialist) constitutes the care that the French ignore, followed by heavy care (surgical operations, expensive examinations or treatments) and drug purchases.
Despite these sacrifices, the French remain confident in their health system. They describe his organization as “good”. Only the Austrians and the British say the same about their healthcare system.
This CSA survey was conducted by telephone interviews in May and June 2013 with 500 individuals aged 18 and over per European country and 1,000 individuals in the United States, for a total of 5,000 interviews in 9 countries.
