According to a study published on Tuesday, one in ten Portuguese did not buy some of the medicines prescribed by a doctor last year, due to their cost, which has increased compared to the previous year.
According to the Sustainability Index developed by the Nova Information Management School (Nova IMS), 89% of Portuguese people were taking any medicine prescribed by a doctor in 2022, but the cost of medicines meant that 10% chose not to buy any of the prescribed medicines. .
In general, users continue to consider the price of the National Health Service (SNS) adequate, but they also consider the cost of the user fee to be higher than the real cost, not knowing that in some cases they are no longer paid.
As an example, the study presents the real and perceived cost of a subscription fee in various services by users.
General practitioner or family doctor consultations at the medical center are no longer paid, but users still estimate that they cost about three euros, the same happens with external / specialized consultations at public hospitals, which they estimate to cost seven euros.
It is in the state of health and quality of life that the effectiveness of the SNS is more pronounced from the point of view of the user, who considers the effectiveness of medicines (76) to be higher than the effectiveness of the medical care received (73, 3).
The study, which was presented this Tuesday in Lisbon, shows that the majority of Portuguese people rate their health condition positively, with 74% saying it is “good” or “very good”. However, this figure is lower than in 2021 (77%).
On a scale of 1 to 100, the Portuguese rate their health at 75 (75.7 in 2021). Without the impact of the SNA, the health index would have been 64.7 (63.2 in 2021).
More than half (52%) believe that their health condition negatively affects their quality of life, half believe that it makes it difficult to perform daily tasks (personal and/or professional), and 43% make it difficult to move around.
The work, developed in collaboration with AbbVie, Diário de Notícias and TSF, evaluates not only the evolution of social media resilience, but the social network itself from the user’s point of view.
It identifies strengths and weaknesses as well as possible priority areas for action, and tries to understand economic and non-economic contributions.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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