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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

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  • Brenna, Elenka

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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.

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  • Brenna, Elenka, 2025. "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," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:154:y:2025:i:c:s0168851025000272
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105271
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    Keywords

    Voluntary health insurance; Italian NHS; Equity of access; Outpatient services; Propensity score matching;
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    JEL classification:

    • I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • H44 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Publicly Provided Goods: Mixed Markets
    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health

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