Transformation of the Italian healthcare system

Autor

  • Marzena Furtak-Niczyporuk Department and Chair of Public Health, Medical University of Lublin, Poland Autor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12923/2083-4829/2025-0002

Słowa kluczowe:

decentralization of the Italian healthcare system, scientific and technological progress in the Italian healthcare system, changes in the National Health Service, Servizio Sanitario Nazionale; SSN

Abstrakt

The Italian healthcare system is based on the National Health Service (Servizio Sanitario Nazionale; SSN), which provides free healthcare mainly to citizens and legal foreigners. The decentralization of the Italian healthcare system has led to the argument that it is now undergoing a fundamental transformation that must be adequately reflected in the operation of the National Health Service (Servizio Sanitario Nazionale; SSN). The current fundamental transformation of the Italian healthcare system is also a consequence of the changes that scientific and technological progress is introducing into almost every activity of the National Health Service (Servizio Sanitario Nazionale; SSN).

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Opublikowane

2025-06-26

Jak cytować

Furtak-Niczyporuk, M. (2025). Transformation of the Italian healthcare system. Polish Journal of Public Health, 135, 6-9. https://doi.org/10.12923/2083-4829/2025-0002