Over the last decade two reforms have affected the Italian hospital system, one introducing market mechanisms, the … institutional changes and describes the evolution of the structure and the activity of the hospital system, with a focus on the … differences between regions. It highlights the following: (1) the reduction in the number of hospitals and hospital beds and the …

Since the late eighties the Italian National Health System, in particular hospital care, has undergone deep reforms …. This paper evaluates the technical efficiency of Italian public hospitals in light of the main features of the hospital … composition of input endowment and the case-mix of hospital services provided. However a significant portion of variance is …