Health: Greeks, Hungarians pay services with difficulty
High percentages also in Cyprus, Latvia and Slovakia
06 April, 19:19Among the countries where most of people experienced difficulties in covering those costs, Greece (90%), Hungary (74%), Cyprus (72%), Latvia (64%), Slovakia (61%) and Italy (56%).
Eurostat noted that the costs of public and private health care services are taken into consideration in the calculations.
Health care services costs include, for example, costs of consultations, treatments, prescribed medications, and dental examinations or treatments. Eurostat said as well that the majority of households (71%) in the European Union were able to pay the costs for health services with ease in 2016, 29% with some difficulty. (ANSA).