Patient choice, mobility and competition among health care providers -- Using Discrete Choice Experiments to understand preferences in health care -- Implications of the EU patients' rights directive in cross-border healthcare on the German sickness fund system -- The possible effects of health...

The population's indicators predict a constant increase in the demand for health care and welfare related services, at least with reference to the most developed countries. In Italy the provision of the aforementioned services is devoluted to the local tier of government. This work focuses on...