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The side effects on health of a recovery plan in Italy: A nonparametric bounding approach

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This paper estimates the causal effects on health-related outcomes of recovery plans that were implemented in some Italian regions in the period 2007–12. Using administrative data, for regions that underwent the program the paper estimates negative effects on hospitalization and (to some extent) mortality rates, without gains in terms of efficiency. The lower the reduction of expenditures, the less severe the consequences on health outcomes. Since the assumptions required by standard methods do not hold for this analysis, the main contribution of the paper is the application of bounds, that are valid under mild conditions.

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  • Depalo, Domenico, 2019. "The side effects on health of a recovery plan in Italy: A nonparametric bounding approach," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:regeco:v:78:y:2019:i:c:s0166046218304836
    DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2019.103466
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    1. Guccio, Calogero & Pignataro, Giacomo & Romeo, Domenica & Vidoli, Francesco, 2024. "Is austerity good for efficiency, at least? A counterfactual assessment for the Italian NHS," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
    2. Cristian Barra & Raffaele Lagravinese & Roberto Zotti, 2022. "Exploring hospital efficiency within and between Italian regions: new empirical evidence," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 57(3), pages 269-284, June.
    3. Cirulli, Vanessa & Marini, Giorgia, 2023. "Are austerity measures really distressing? Evidence from Italy," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 49(C).
    4. Guccio, C. & Pignataro, G. & Vidoli, F., 2024. "It never rains but it pours: Austerity and mortality rate in peripheral areas," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 54(C).
    5. Depalo, Domenico, 2023. "Should the Daylight Saving Time be abolished? Evidence from work accidents in Italy," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
    6. Massimo Bordignon & Silvia Coretti & Massimiliano Piacenza & Gilberto Turati, 2020. "Hardening subnational budget constraints via administrative subordination: The Italian experience of recovery plans in regional health services," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(11), pages 1378-1399, November.
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    8. Emanuele Arcà & Francesco Principe & Eddy Van Doorslaer, 2020. "Death by austerity? The impact of cost containment on avoidable mortality in Italy," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(12), pages 1500-1516, December.

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    Keywords

    Hospitalization; Mortality; Health outcomes; Policy evaluation; Bounds;
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    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models

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