BETWEEN RATIONING AND RATIONALIZATION THE CHALLENGES OF THE ITALIAN NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE DURING THE AGE OF THE GREAT CRISIS

摘要

In the years since 2008 has developed a large international literature on the impact of the economic crisis on health. While at the level of the individual exists ample empirical evidence of the negative effects of the crisis on welfare, at the systemic level, the relationship is less clear. The economic crisis, Italy and much of Europe are experiencing, has inevitably affected the budget of the institutions of social protection, with adverse effects on the financial equilibrium of public accounts and consequent inevitable serious difficulties in ensuring the availability of resources for good functioning of the welfare system. This paper focuses on the NHS Italian identifying some potential issues and highlighting possible solutions in order to pursue a new model of sustainabil-ity in health expenditure of the State, as stated in Article 32 of our Constitution, must take responsibility.