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Policlinico Umberto I in Rome Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda in Milan. Italy's healthcare system is consistently ranked among the best in the world. [1] [2] The Italian healthcare system employs a Beveridge model, and operates on the assumption that health care is a human right that should be provided to everyone regardless of their ability to pay. [3]
Italy has a national vaccine injury compensation program. [16] One evaluation of vaccine coverage in 2010, which covered the 2008 birth cohort, showed a slight decline in immunization insurance coverage rates of diphtheria, hepatitis B, polio, and tetanus after those specific vaccinations had been made mandatory. [17]
An earlier Italian health insurance card A health insurance card issued in Sicily as a smart card. The Italian health insurance card (Italian: Tessera sanitaria) is a personal card for all citizens entitled to benefits of the Italian National Health Service. [1] Its rear side acts as a European Health Insurance Card. The objective of the health ...
Reforms elsewhere sought to extend social insurance to a broader proportion of the Italian population and included the extension of some social services and means-tested programmes for poor households. [14] Despite reform efforts, Italy faces challenges from high unemployment, especially among youth and women.
A list of countries by health insurance coverage.The table lists the percentage of the total population covered by total public and primary private health insurance, by government/social health insurance, and by primary private health insurance, including 34 members of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries.
ROME (Reuters) -Italy will charge foreign residents from outside the European Union 2,000 euros ($2,115.20) a year for access to its national health service, but the fee does not apply to asylum ...
Decision 2003/751; European Union decision: Text with EEA relevance: Title: Decision No 189 of 18 June 2003 aimed at introducing a European health insurance card to replace the forms necessary for the application of Council Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72 as regards access to health care during a temporary stay in a Member State other than the competent state or the state of ...
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