Cost keeps French away from medicines
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
The polling company IPSOS has found that 18% of French people have refrained from buying a medicine for reasons of cost. The survey on belt-tightening in the current economic downturn in France also found 39% had chosen not to seek medical help or had delayed seeking it, also for reasons of cost. In households with net incomes of less than €1,200 per month, this proportion rises to 52%. Dental and optical treatments were those that French people put off most frequently.