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Between Rationing And Rationalization The Challenges Of The Italian National Health Service During The Age Of The Great Crisis

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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)

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.

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  • Vito Moramarco & Matteo Ruggeri, 2016. "Between Rationing And Rationalization The Challenges Of The Italian National Health Service During The Age Of The Great Crisis," Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, Vita e Pensiero, Pubblicazioni dell'Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, vol. 124(3-4), pages 349-363.
    • Handle: RePEc:vep:journl:y:2016:v:124:i:3-4:p:349-363
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    Keywords

    Health Care Systems; Financing Health Care; Economic Crisis and Health.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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