title: The healthcare service in Italy: regional variability.
abstract: The Italian health system is highly decentralized, with most administrative and organizational powers governed by Regions and rather limited powers at national level. The state has full control over the definition of the core benefit package (LEA) but there is evidence that the actual provision of these services varies greatly across Regions.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Economics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and Graduate School of Health Economics and Management (ALTEMS), Rome, Italy. americo.cicchetti@unicatt.it.
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authors.lastname: Cicchetti
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authors.lastname: Gasbarrini
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy