Effects of different healthcare funding arrangements designed by the 21 regional governments in Italy. The system is producing some desirable results, including a shift from ordinary to same-day hospitalizations and a reduction in length of stay. Hospital admissions increased initially, but only where the regions encouraged this. Financial effects are more controversial. The regions have generally been trying to mitigate the effects of quasi-markets and are now increasingly ‘governing’ them
This paper explores how pressures for an increased decentralization of taxing powers to sub-national...
Background. Italy, similar to other countries in continental Europe, is flooded by the wave of New P...
Economic and fiscal crisis and political instability has put the Italian health system under strain...
Effects of different healthcare funding arrangements designed by the 21 regional governments in Ital...
We exploit variation across Italian regions in the implementation of region-specific tariffs within ...
Background The Italian National Health System, established in 1978, is inspired by the Beveridge mo...
Italy's national health service is statutorily required to guarantee the uniform provision of compre...
The global financial crisis, beginning in 2008, took an historic toll on national economies around t...
In order to meet the challenges presented by the current economic crisis, the Italian National Healt...
In recent decades, several countries have reformed their health care systems leading to the devoluti...
We aim to investigate the cost containment effects of the creation in 2005 of agencies specifically ...
In the 1990s, the Italian National Health Service (SSN) underwent a major reform introducing quasi m...
In this paper we explore how political pressures for an increased decentralisation of revenue and ex...
This paper explores how pressures for an increased decentralization of taxing powers to sub-national...
Background. Italy, similar to other countries in continental Europe, is flooded by the wave of New P...
Economic and fiscal crisis and political instability has put the Italian health system under strain...
Effects of different healthcare funding arrangements designed by the 21 regional governments in Ital...
We exploit variation across Italian regions in the implementation of region-specific tariffs within ...
Background The Italian National Health System, established in 1978, is inspired by the Beveridge mo...
Italy's national health service is statutorily required to guarantee the uniform provision of compre...
The global financial crisis, beginning in 2008, took an historic toll on national economies around t...
In order to meet the challenges presented by the current economic crisis, the Italian National Healt...
In recent decades, several countries have reformed their health care systems leading to the devoluti...
We aim to investigate the cost containment effects of the creation in 2005 of agencies specifically ...
In the 1990s, the Italian National Health Service (SSN) underwent a major reform introducing quasi m...
In this paper we explore how political pressures for an increased decentralisation of revenue and ex...
This paper explores how pressures for an increased decentralization of taxing powers to sub-national...
Background. Italy, similar to other countries in continental Europe, is flooded by the wave of New P...
Economic and fiscal crisis and political instability has put the Italian health system under strain...