Abstract
Empirical evidence shows that health need and health care access depend, among other factors,on socioeconomic variables.Weighting the healthcare capitation system with a deprivation index would achieve equity in resource allocation in the Italian Nhs. The Scottish Nhs healthcare funding allocation formula includes a recently approved deprivation index, named Arbuthnott index, which allows
for differentials in health care access due to relative poverty. Following the Scottish experience, this paper proposes a deprivation index based on regional data for weighting the Italian capitation formula.
Key words. Deprivation indices, health care need, resource allocation, weighted capitation
| Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Autom. eng. transl.] The weighting of the share capital on the basis of deprivation factors: suggestions for Italy from the Scottish experience |
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| Lingua originale | Italian |
| pagine (da-a) | 65-76 |
| Numero di pagine | 12 |
| Rivista | POLITICHE SANITARIE |
| Volume | 2007 |
| Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2007 |
| Pubblicato esternamente | Sì |
Keywords
- allocazione risorse
- bisogno di salute
- deprivation indices
- health care need
- indici deprivazione
- quota capitaria
- resource allocation
- weighted capitation