WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Before the COVID-19 pandemic stretched even some of the best healthcare systems in Europe to their breaking point, majorities of adults living in the European countries hardest hit by the virus were largely satisfied with the access to quality healthcare in their communities.
But the sizable segments in each country who were dissatisfied with access to quality care over the past few years suggest weaknesses or gaps existed in their systems before the pandemic -- at least from the public's perspective.In a number of European countries caught in the current coronavirus crossfire, satisfaction with the availability of quality healthcare between 2016 and 2019 was at least at a majority level, ranging from a high of 84% in