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Cost Containment in a Public‐Private Health Care System: The Case of Italy
Author(s) -
France George
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
public budgeting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1540-5850
pISSN - 0275-1100
DOI - 10.1111/1540-5850.00920
Subject(s) - containment (computer programming) , business , public health , health care , public health care , health care cost , economic growth , health policy , medicine , nursing , economics , computer science , programming language
Health care cost containment has become an important issue in Western countries in recent years. However, most efforts have met with only limited success and Italy is no exception. This article examines the mixed public‐private system existing in Italy. It also describes and evaluates cost‐containment efforts in the Italian public health care system.