71% of Poles fear lack of access to medical care
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One of the most serious concerns of Poles is the lack of access to healthcare. In February this year, it was declared by 71 percent of respondents, compared to 66 percent in the first wave of the survey before the pandemic, according to the report of the Polish Insurance Association (PIU) and Deloitte.
When creating the "Map of the risk of Poles", PIU conducted two waves of research – the first in February 2020, a few weeks before the introduction of the lockdown in Poland, and the second study took place in February 2021, after almost a year of living with a pandemic. In both surveys, PIU asked about the same types of risk and their perception.
The Top 10 concerns of Poles show that most of us fear the death of loved ones – more relatives than our own. A car accident is 8th out of 40 concerns. The top 10 also includes two issues related to weather hazards – global warming and hurricane / strong wind.
According to the report, 83 percent of Poles believe that insurance is useful when bad things happen in life. During the pandemic, the percentage of people who thought so increased by 5 percentage points. On the other hand, 87 percent of Poles are afraid of a serious illness of the closest person, 85 percent are afraid of their death (an increase by 4 percentage points y/y in both cases), while the fear of cancer was demonstrated by 81 percent of respondents.
80 percent of Poles are afraid of the lack of money for the treatment of a serious disease (increase by 2 percentage points y/y), the same percentage is afraid of losing their fitness. Concerns about the lack of money in old age are reported by 73 percent of respondents.
The greatest concern of Poles concerns health and access to medical care – as many as 71 percent of Poles fear the lack of access to it. During the year – starting from February 2020, this percentage increased by 5 percentage points.
