The number of Greeks who turn to some form of private health insurance as supplement to their state health coverage tends to increase as resulted from a nationwide survey that indicated a 60 percent rise in citizens opting for private care. According to Kathimerini,   
38.7 percent of Greeks paid for private insurance this year, either for a full health package or for checkups or one-off treatments, compared to 23.8 percent in 2012.
The results of the survey came to reflect a widespread discontent about Greek public healthcare, which has been under years of troika-imposed cuts and amid slow-moving efforts to overhaul the country’s main public healthcare provider, EOPYY. Three out of five Greeks claim to be unsatisfied with EOPYY’s services, says the survey, according to which, irrespectively to their health insurance status, respondents paid an average of 265.15 euros for primary healthcare services in the first six months of the year. Of this outlay, 103.35 euros went on medicines.
The survey was carried out by Kapa Research on behalf of the Athens School of Public Health.