Health needs and resources: Allocation and Measurement issues 2 edition
Department of Economics, Society, Politics – University of Urbino Carlo Bo
March 27-28, 2025

Pre-conference
Thursday 27th March 2025
h 10.30, Aula Magna del Rettorato – Palazzo Bonaventura, Via Saffi 2, Urbino
IL WELFARE ITALIANO: UNA QUESTIONE DI FAMIGLIA? Il volume sarà discusso da Mario Baldassarri (ISTAO), Germana Giombini (Univ. Urbino) e Michela Redoano (Univ. of Warwick) Saranno presenti gli autori Mauro Marè, Francesco Porcelli, Francesco Vidoli
2° EDITION: HEALTH NEEDS AND RESOURCES: ALLOCATION and MEASUREMENT ISSUES Palazzo Battiferri,
Aula Rossa, Via Saffi 42, Urbino
Thursday 27th March 2025
h 14.00 Welcome institutional address
h 14.30 – 15.30 Keynote – Cinzia DI NOVI (President of the Italian Health Economics Association, Univ. of Pavia) Meeting Unmet Needs, Fighting Loneliness and Depression: The Challenge of Europe’s Aging Population on Long-Term Care Services
h 15.30 Coffee break
h 16.00 – 18.00 Session: HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURE AND OUTCOMES, Chair: Agnese Sacchi
- Francesco PORCELLI (La Sapienza Univ.) and Mauro MARE’ (Luiss Business School), Health expenditure in Italy: a comprehensive intergovernmental model
- Catia NICODEMO (Univ. of Oxford), Estimating Cross-Provider Substitution Effects in Primary Care Delivery
- Matteo LIPPI BRUNI (Univ. of Bologna), Stressed Wallets, Stressed Minds: the causal link between financial distress and mental health
- Alberto BATINTI (La Sapienza Univ.), Drugs Vintage, Population and Politics
Friday 28th March 2025 h 09.00 – 10.30
Session: HEALTH AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, Chair: Francesco Vidoli
- Silvana Maria ROBONE (Univ. of Piemonte Orientale), Age-dependent Minimum Wages and Health Outcomes: Evidence from the UK
- Joanna KOPINSKA (La Sapienza Univ.), Fallout and Fertility: Chernobyl’s Legacy and the Role of Compliance with Public Protection Measures
- Lucia LEPORATTI (Univ. of Genova), Telehealth for chronic diseases: Addressing the needs of vulnerable populations in Liguria
h 10.30 Coffee break
h 11.00 – 12.00 Session: HEALTH DECISIONS & GOVERNANCE, Chair: Giuseppe Travaglini
- Domenico LISI (Univ. of Catania) and Giacomo PIGNATARO (Univ. of Catania), Patient selection or rational patient choice? Insights from a model of hospital competition with heterogenous agents
- Luigi SICILIANI (Univ. of York), How do health and health systems contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals?
h 12.00 – 13.00 Keynote – Gilberto TURATI (President of the Italian Society of Public Economics, Univ. of Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) New evidence on pollution and health
h 13:15 Lunch