During the decade 2000-2010, the health-care system of the Abruzzo Region, Italy faced a financial crash and subsequent recovery. The extent of both was so large to be a case study, which may help addressing general questions including how much health-care supply can be influenced by cost-containment policies and how such strategies may impact on healthcare appropriateness/efficiency and population health status. We used data publicly available or officially provided by the Regional informatics system. The health system was deeply revised, and health reforms spanned from one-off emergency measures to structural long-term policies. From 2000 to 2005, resident's hospitalization rate increased, achieving 280 admissions × 1000 inhabitants (highest in Italy), and regional per-capita health-care debt almost tripled (+274%; E1586). From 2006 to 2010, after major health system reforms, the hospitalization rate decreased by 31.4% (with peaks as high as 74.9% for some diseases), and per-capita debt decreased by 33.0% (€E1062). Most available health-care efficiency/appropriateness indicators improved, and indexes of population health remained substantially unchanged. In extremely negative contexts, the impact of health reforms on health-care services may be impressive even in the short-run, with no or little trade-off between cost-containment and quality. The reliability of epidemiological estimates based upon hospital discharge abstract may be low when substantial variations in health policy occurred.
The impact of health policy: The extreme case of Abruzzo, Italy / L., Manzoli; V. D., Candia; M. E., Flacco; M., Panella; L., Capasso; M., Sargiacomo; Villari, Paolo; A., Muraglia. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARE PATHWAYS. - ISSN 2040-4026. - STAMPA. - 16:4(2012), pp. 115-121. [10.1177/2040402613479343]
The impact of health policy: The extreme case of Abruzzo, Italy
VILLARI, Paolo;
2012
Abstract
During the decade 2000-2010, the health-care system of the Abruzzo Region, Italy faced a financial crash and subsequent recovery. The extent of both was so large to be a case study, which may help addressing general questions including how much health-care supply can be influenced by cost-containment policies and how such strategies may impact on healthcare appropriateness/efficiency and population health status. We used data publicly available or officially provided by the Regional informatics system. The health system was deeply revised, and health reforms spanned from one-off emergency measures to structural long-term policies. From 2000 to 2005, resident's hospitalization rate increased, achieving 280 admissions × 1000 inhabitants (highest in Italy), and regional per-capita health-care debt almost tripled (+274%; E1586). From 2006 to 2010, after major health system reforms, the hospitalization rate decreased by 31.4% (with peaks as high as 74.9% for some diseases), and per-capita debt decreased by 33.0% (€E1062). Most available health-care efficiency/appropriateness indicators improved, and indexes of population health remained substantially unchanged. In extremely negative contexts, the impact of health reforms on health-care services may be impressive even in the short-run, with no or little trade-off between cost-containment and quality. The reliability of epidemiological estimates based upon hospital discharge abstract may be low when substantial variations in health policy occurred.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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