More Italians skip medical treatment - ISTAT

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 5 - In 2023, 7.6% of the Italian population skipped medical treatment compared to 6. 3% in 2019, ISTAT has said.
    "The percentage of those who gave up due to long wait lists was 4.5%", compared to 2.8% in 2019, said the president of the national statistics agency, Francesco Maria Chelli, during a meeting on the budget on Tuesday, citing the survey 'Aspects of daily life', regarding people who had to forego a diagnostic test or a visit with a specialist.
    Meanwhile 4.2% of the population decided to forego treatment for economic reasons and 1% because of the service's inconvenience, warned Chelli. (ANSA).