Regional Incentives and Patient Cross-Border Mobility: Evidence from the Italian Experience

Background In recent years, accreditation of private hospitals followed by decentralisation of the Italian National Health Service (NHS) into 21 regional health systems has provided a good empirical ground for investigating the Tiebout principle of “voting with their feet”. We examine the infra-re...

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Main Authors: Elenka Brenna, Federico Spandonaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2015-06-01
Series:International Journal of Health Policy and Management
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Online Access:http://www.ijhpm.com/pdf_2998_7f0e4db23601c216587a6a0b9971d2dd.html