Background: The Great Recession, following the 2008 financial crisis, led many
governments to adopt programmes of austerity. This had a lasting impact on health system …

Italy was one of the countries most affected by the number of people infected and dead
during the first COVID-19 wave. The authors describe the rapid rollout of a population health …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken everyday life causing morbidity and
mortality across the globe. While each country has been hit by the pandemic, individual …

Background Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, different response
measures were taken to contain the spread of the virus. These include a variety of non …

The objective is to evaluate the relations between gender health inequalities and economic
prosperity in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) …

Background: The primary aim of the research in the present study was to determine the
effectiveness of health care in classifying health care financing systems from a sample of …

Objectives Previous research highlighted that in the early 2000s a significant share of the
Italian population used and paid out of pocket for private healthcare services even when …

Objectives This study provides a comprehensive analysis of avoidable mortality (AM),
treatable mortality (TM), and preventable mortality (PM) across Italy, focusing on region-and …

Background. Perceived health is largely dependent on multiple socio-demographic and
behavioral lifestyles and healthcare related factors. This could be accentuated when gender …

Health is an essential element of economic life and is therefore considered a source of
comparative economic development of countries. The aim of the study was to examine the …