Healthcare in Italy: expenditure determinants and regional differentials

Maura Francese and Marzia Romanelli

No 828, Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) from Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area

Abstract: The aim of this work is to identify the determinants of health spending differentials among Italian regions, which could highlight the existence of potential margins for savings. The analysis exploits a dataset for the panel of the 21 Italian regions starting in the early 1990s and ending in 2006. After having controlled for standard healthcare demand indicators, spending differentials appear to be associated with differences in the degree of appropriateness of the treatments, supply structure and social capital indicators. These results suggest that savings could be achieved without reducing the amount of services supplied to citizens. This is particularly important in view of the expected rise in health spending associated with the forecast demographic developments.

Keywords: government expenditure; health; regional variation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H51 I1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-10
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