Public versus private access in the Italian NHS - The use of propensity score matching to provide more insight on the increasing adoption of voluntary health insurance

Elenka Brenna

Health Policy, 2025, vol. 154, issue C

Abstract: In the Italian NHS, over the last decades, a growing share of population opted for a Voluntary Health Insurance (VHI) in order to privately access healthcare services and bypass the increasingly long waiting times of the public system.

Keywords: Voluntary health insurance; Italian NHS; Equity of access; Outpatient services; Propensity score matching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H44 H51 I13 I14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105271

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