88.5% of the Romanian population believes that serious illnesses should be treated with state of the art medication, according to the study conducted by the IMAS institute. More so, over half of the questioned stated that they would rather pay the full price for the generic medicines covered by the state and in exchange for the compensation of newer and more expensive medicine.
Concerning the preferences for the medication selected for treatment, over 46% of Romanian citizens prefer to buy innovative medicine, and 16% chooses generic medicine.
Also, 82% of the respondents admit the importance of new medication for the overall health of the population.
When it comes to access to the latest generation in medication, 34% believe that the actualization of the list of compensated medicine should be updated every year. 23% of the Romanian population thinks that this should be done every 6 months.
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