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.

La ponderazione della quota capitaria in base a fattori di deprivazione: suggerimenti per l Italia dall' esperienza scozzese

Elenka Brenna
2007-01-01

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.
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