Canada spends more than Italy on health per capita and as a share of GDP and has a higher per capita GDP. Yet, life … expectancy and infant mortality in Italy are better and have improved more over time. The implication is that the Italian health … care system provides better value for money. We examine whether Italy does get better health outcomes at lower costs. Using …

angesichts der enormen Dynamik und Herausforderungen einer nahezu alles beherrschenden Pandemie im Gesundheitswesen deutlich. Es …

. In this paper we exploit a reform aimed at increasing regional tax autonomy in Italy to provide quasi …

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused generous and well-developed healthcare systems to collapse. This paper … emergency care.Methods: We match daily death registry data for almost 1,500 municipalities in Lombardy, Italy, to data on … have congested the healthcare system, forcing emergency medical services to prioritize patients in the most proximate …

“stroke networks” in Italy. Evidence shows that early diagnosis and delivery of treatment in specialized stroke units …