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

uses a prospective evaluation design to derive estimates of the potential cost savings that may arise from Local Healthcare … administrative costs together with the purchasing costs of both goods as well as non-healthcare related services. Our results …

rationing public healthcare in Italy. We measure demand elasticities by estimating a simultaneous equation model of GP primary …, so that user charges act as a net deterrent for over-consumption. The public provision of healthcare does not induce the …

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 …