Healthcare expenditure represents the largest share of the budgets of Italian Regions. It is therefore essential that it be “good” spending — that is, public money well spent, effectively and efficiently, in the interest of citizens.

A significant indicator of this is the healthcare surplus or deficit, which reflects the financial outcome of a Region’s healthcare management and, indirectly, its most crucial managerial capability: the ability to ensure a balanced, or at least nearly balanced, result. This demonstrates that the entity has been able to plan and then manage its most important policy area — healthcare — effectively.

What is the current picture of healthcare spending among Italian Regions?

The full analysis is available here.