Equity in Access to Health Care Services in Italy |
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| Authors: | Valeria Glorioso S V Subramanian |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, Milan 20126, Italy;Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA |
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| Abstract: | ObjectiveTo provide new evidence on whether and how patterns of health care utilization deviate from horizontal equity in a country with a universal and egalitarian public health care system: Italy.ConclusionsDespite its universal and egalitarian public health care system, Italy exhibits a significant degree of SES-related horizontal inequity in health services utilization. |
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| Keywords: | Health care utilization horizontal equity SES inequity Italy |
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