Healthcare in Italy

Policlinico Umberto I in Rome
Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda in Milan

Italy's healthcare system is one of the best in the world.[1][2] The Italian healthcare system employs a Beveridge model. The principle is that health care is a human right that should be provided to everyone regardless of their ability to pay.[3] Life expectancy is the 4th highest among OECD countries (83.4 years in 2018[4]) and the world's 8th highest according to the WHO (82.8 years in 2018[5]). Healthcare spending accounted for 9.7% of GDP in 2020.[6]

The Italian state has run a universal public healthcare system since 1978.[7] The public part is the Servizio Sanitario Nazionale, which is organised under the Ministry of Health. It is run on a devolved regional basis because of the 2001 Italian constitutional referendum.

References

  1. ↑ "The World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systems". Photius.com. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  2. ↑ "Italy's Struggling Economy Has World's Healthiest People". Bloomberg.com. 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  3. ↑ Butticè, Claudio (2019). Universal health care. Health and medical issues today. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood. ISBN 978-1-4408-6844-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. ↑ "Health status - Life expectancy at birth - OECD Data". theOECD. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  5. ↑ "Life Expectancy in Italy". World Life Expectancy. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  6. ↑ "Total health expenditure as share of GDP in Italy from 2005 to 2020". Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Italy – Health". Dev.prenhall.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2010.