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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - "People use health care services more than necessary."
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree or disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland 80.4%
2 France70.2%
3 Spain68.9%
4 Republic of Korea61.4%
5 Italy58.3%
6 Denmark58.2%
7 United States58.0%
8 Netherlands57.5%
8 United Kingdom57.5%
10 Belgium55.6%
11 Turkiye55.5%
12 Japan53.6%
13 Germany51.8%
14 Portugal51.2%
15 Australia48.5%
16 Slovenia47.8%
17 Norway46.4%
18 Poland45.8%
19 Czech Republic44.7%
20 Finland37.7%
21 Sweden37.4%
22 Slovakia33.5%
23 Israel29.8%
24 Chile29.3%
25 Lithuania14.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.640391 X +7.031
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.154
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 51173.960473 X +18932.056
Correlation coefficient (r)0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 10.178706 X +75.528
Correlation coefficient (r)0.472
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.223

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.678692 X +1.925
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.259
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -6.855731 X +13.633
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.222
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049