BETWEEN RATIONING AND RATIONALIZATION THE CHALLENGES OF THE ITALIAN NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE DURING THE AGE OF THE GREAT CRISIS

Vito Moramarco () and Matteo Ruggeri ()
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Vito Moramarco: Istituto di Politica Economica, Universita` Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan.
Matteo Ruggeri: Graduate School of Health Economics and Management (Institute of Economic Policy), Universita` Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 2016, vol. 124, issue 3-4, 349-363

Abstract: In the years since 2008 has developed a large international literature on the impact of the economic crisis on health. While at the level of the individual exists ample empirical evidence of the negative effects of the crisis on welfare, at the systemic level, the relationship is less clear. The economic crisis, Italy and much of Europe are experiencing, has inevitably affected the budget of the institutions of social protection, with adverse effects on the financial equilibrium of public accounts and consequent inevitable serious difficulties in ensuring the availability of resources for good functioning of the welfare system. This paper focuses on the NHS Italian identifying some potential issues and highlighting possible solutions in order to pursue a new model of sustainability in health expenditure of the State, as stated in Article 32 of our Constitution, must take responsibility.

Keywords: Health Care Systems; Financing Health Care; Economic Crisis and Health. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I11 I13 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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