On the other hand, nearly 4% of the Romanians have no healthcare insurance.
Bucharest citizens rank first in terms of private healthcare insurance (5%) or private medical subscriptions, as costs are fully covered by the employer (3.5%). Moreover, for 2% of the respondents, the private medical subscription also includes spouses and children, an option which is almost inexistent in other zones of the country.
According to GfK, the public healthcare system faces important vulnerabilities which trigger a significant growth potential for private healthcare services.
Romanians’ main healthy habits include the keeping of proper oral and body hygiene (57%), a positive thinking (35%), and eating healthy food, based on fresh, natural products (27%), GfK notes.
On the other hand, over half of the respondents said they do not take vitamins and food supplements, while a quarter of the respondents place exercise and moderate consumption of alcohol and cigarettes on the last position among important habits for a healthy lifestyle.
The survey was based on the answers of 1,000 Romanian respondents, aged over 15.