In the past two decades Italian regions have gained autonomy in managingpublic expenditure, while their political system was reformed. In order to explainthe persistence of the gap between North and South in relation to the quality ofpublic services, literature has returned to focus on social...

Public health institutions are involved in human experimentations, which is a specific phase of pharmaceutical industry’s production process. These medical centers collect clinical evidence about experimental treatments and, at the same time, they have to guarantee patients’ safety through...

This article reviews the quantitative evidence on the behavioural effects of copayment within the health area across a wide range of countries. The review distinguishes itself from previous similar reviews by having a high degree of transparency for the search strategy used to identify the...