How health care regionalisation in Italy is widening the North-South gap

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 231-249

  Toth, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; DECENTRALIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ITALY; LAW; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL PLANNING; REVIEW;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ITALY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLITICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84902169478     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133114000012     Document Type: Article

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