Poles used health services less often due to coronavirus

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, in the first half of 2020, Poles accessed health services less often than during the same period two years ago, according to Centre for Public Opinion Research (CBOS), a Warsaw-based opinion polling institute.

Two years ago as many as 88 percent of the respondents used some form of medical assistance. However, in the first half of this year, the number reduced to 70 percent of respondents.

Every two years, CBOS asks Poles what medical services they used in the six months preceding the survey and whether it took place within the general health insurance system or outside it.

(PAP)