{"id":14978,"date":"2026-02-13T12:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/?p=14978"},"modified":"2026-02-13T12:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:44:22","slug":"tbi-bank-survey-nine-out-of-ten-romanians-have-postponed-important-decisions-about-their-health-and-wellbeing-over-the-past-three-years-lack-of-financial-resources-forces-many-to-delay-medical-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/?p=14978","title":{"rendered":"tbi bank survey: Nine out of ten Romanians have postponed important decisions about their health and wellbeing over the past three years. Lack of financial resources forces many to delay medical check-ups or investigations for \u201csomeday\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Financial pressure and social instability are pushing most Romanians to place their physical and emotional health in the background. <strong>Around 88% say they have postponed at least one important health-related decision over the past three years<\/strong>, most often for financial reasons or because more urgent expenses arose, according to a survey initiated by tbi bank and conducted on a nationwide sample of 1,072 respondents. The most frequently postponed decisions involved medical check-ups or investigations (53%) and dental treatments (52,1%), with the main reasons cited being <strong>\u201cmore urgent expenses\u201d <\/strong>(43%) and the inability to cover the full cost in a single payment (41,3%). Among all respondents, more than 30% admitted that, when deciding to delay a doctor\u2019s visit, they thought: <strong>\u201cI\u2019ll take care of this someday.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt tbi, we believe access to care should not depend on cash flow timing,\u201d says Ionu\u021b Sabadac, VP Merchant Solutions, tbi. \u201cThrough our top-tier alternative payment solutions &#8211; including flexible installment options available directly at the point of need &#8211; we remove the financial barrier that stands between intention and action. Our goal is simple: to help people take care of themselves now, not later.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other types of postponed decisions included activities related to personal development (20,2%) and procedures associated with care, wellbeing, or aesthetics (16.6%). At the same time, the data shows <strong>that more than 42% of respondents have been postponing a health-related decision for over a year, while fewer than 10% say they do not delay such decisions at all<\/strong>. A retrospective analysis indicates that for 38% of those who postponed action, the main consequence was the worsening of the initial problem, while 13% reported the onset of occasional discomfort. Only 11.3% of respondents stated that postponement had no impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tbi bank survey analysed how Romanians take care of their health and was conducted nationwide in January-February 2025 via the iVox platform, on a total sample of 1,072 internet users in Romania. Over 54% of participants were male, and nearly 25% of respondents reported a monthly net income exceeding 6.000 lei.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial pressure and social instability are pushing most Romanians to place their physical and emotional health in the background. 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