in hospitalization and day hospital treatments, coupled with a clear decrease in the access to emergency services …

policies implemented in recent years in Italy have affected hospital activity. Our contribution is mainly empirical as we focus … our attention on the impact that policies like hospital mergers and regional bailout plans had on inefficiency. We use a … and inefficiency effects. Results show that hospital inefficiency has changed over time and that part of this change could …

in hospitalization and day hospital treatments, coupled with a clear decrease in the access to emergency services …

in particular the use of the DRGs impact on the level in the high technology equipment diffusion.MethodsBased on hospital …

global budgeting. In this paper we investigate whether the different reimbursement systems adopted in the Italian hospital … different financing mechanisms on hospital’s performance. To this purpose, we carry out a two-stage Data Envelopment Analysis …. The results show a significant impact of the use of DRG-based PPS on hospital efficiency level. In particular, we find …

-sorting into hospital types. We measure a significantly higher inclination to practice cesarean section scheduling in private …

hospital types. We measure a significantly higher inclination to practice CS scheduling in private hospitals and conclude that …