Health needs and Resources:
Allocation and Measurement issues
Department of Economics, Society, Politics –
University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy
November 9-10, 2023
Thursday 9th November
h 15.00 Welcome: Fabio Musso, Prorettore alla Terza Missione e Public Engagement and Giuseppe Travaglini, Director of the Department of Economics, Society, Politics, University of Urbino
h 15.15 – 16.00 Keynote speech Americo Cicchetti (Direttore Generale della Programmazione Sanitaria del Ministero della Salute), Health needs, resource allocation and planning: a way forward
H 16.00 – 16.15 Coffee break
Session: Resource allocation (h 16.15 – 18.45), Chair: Agnese Sacchi
Gilberto Turati (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), Ageing and healthcare expenditure: a macroeconomic analysis
Francesco Porcelli (University of Bari), Health expenditure in Italy: a comprehensive intergovernmental model
Giacomo Pignataro (University of Catania), Regional devolution and productivity of the Italian hospital sector: Catching up or falling behind?
Mauro Marè (Luiss Business School), Supply drives personal health detractions? A spatial approach at municipal level
Calogero Guccio (University of Catania), It never rains but it pours: Austerity and mortality rate in peripheral areas
Friday 10th November
Session: Measuring local needs (h 9.30-11.00), Chair: Francesco Vidoli
Patrizia Lattarulo (IRPET), Decentralisation and investment, how the Italian response to citizens’ health needs is changing
Giovanni Baglio (Agenas), Proximities and sanitary deserts
Monica Auteri (University Roma Tre), Political fragmentation and coalition alignment effects: Evidence from health transfers to Italian regions
H 11.00 – 11.15 Coffee break
Session: Information and competition (h 11.15-12.45), Chair: Francesco Vidoli
Cinzia Di Novi (University of Pavia and JRC), Online health information seeking behaviour, healthcare access and health status during exceptional times
Emanuele Bracco (University of Verona), The role of information and competition on hospital performance
Matteo Lippi Bruni (University of Bologna), The quicker the better: Do CEOs’ incentives foster timely responses in public hospitals?
H 13.00 Lunch
For more info, please write to
Prof. Agnese Sacchi, email: agnese.sacchi@uniurb.it – https://www.uniurb.it/persone/agnese-sacchi
dott. Francesco Vidoli, email: francesco.vidoli@uniurb.it – https://www.uniurb.it/persone/francesco-vidoli