Patients' migration across regions: the case of Italy

References

• Blomqvist , AG and Carter , RAL . 1997 . Is healthcare really a luxury? . Journal of Health Economics , 16 : 207 – 23 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Burns , LR and Wholey , DR . 1992 . The impact of physician characteristics in conditional choice models for hospital care . Journal of Health Economics , 11 : 43 – 62 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chalkley M Malcomson JH 2000 Government purchasing of health services in Handbook of Health Economics (Eds) A. J. Culyer, and J. P. Newhouse North-Holland Amsterdan pp. 461–536
   Google Scholar
• Cohen , MA and Lee , HL . 1985 . The determinants of spatial distribution of hospital utilisation in a region . Medical Care , 23 : 27 – 38 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dokson Gaydos LM Zanola R 2002 Italy in Global Health Systems, Health Administration Press Washington pp. 137–52
   Google Scholar
• Dranove , D . 1988 . Demand inducement and the physician–patient relationship . Economic Inquiry , 24 : 282 – 98 .
   Google Scholar
• Dranove , D and Shanley , M . 1990 . A note on the relational aspects of hospital market definitions . Journal of Health Economics , 8 : 473 – 8 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fabbri D 1999 The measurement of inequality in the access to hospital networks in Network Developments in Economic Spatial Systems: New Perspective (Eds) A. Reggiani, and D. Fabbri Ashgate Aldershot pp. 217–39
   Google Scholar
• Fabbri , D and Fiorentini , G . 1996 . Mobilità e consumo sanitario: metodi per la valutazione di benessere . MECOSAN , 19 : 37 – 52 .
   Google Scholar
• Garnick , DW , Lichtenberg , E , Phibbs , CS , Luft , HS , Peltzman , DJ and McPhee , SJ . 1990 . The sensitivity of conditional choice models for hospital care to estimation technique . Journal of Health Economics , 8 : 377 – 97 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Giarda , P . 2000 . Il federalismo fiscale in attuazione della legge n.133/1999: aspetti tecnici, ragioni e problemi aperti . Economia Pubblica , 30 : 5 – 45 .
   Google Scholar
• Gravelle , H . 1999 . Capitation contracts: access and quality . Journal of Health Economics , 18 : 315 – 40 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Grazzini L Petretto A 2004 Coordinamento e concorrenza fiscale vei processi di federalismo Working Paper 318, SIEP
   Google Scholar
• Greene WH 1993 Econometric Analysis, Macmillan New York
   Google Scholar
• Hill , CA , Winfrey , KL and Rudolph , BA . 1997 . ‘Best hospitals’: a description of the methodology for the index of hospital quality . Inquiry , 34 : 80 – 90 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hoover EM Giarratani F 1999 An Introduction to Regional Economics 3rd edn Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University
   Google Scholar
• Kuhn , EM , Hartz , AJ , Gottlieb , MS and Rimm , AA . 1991 . The relationship of hospital characteristics and the results of peer review in six large states . Medical Care , 29 : 1028 – 37 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Levaggi , R and Zanola , R . 2003 . The flypaper effect: evidence from the Italian national health system . International Tax and Public Finance , 10 : 537 – 47 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lohr , KN . 1988 . Outcome measurement: concepts and questions . Inquiry , 29 : 55 – 66 .
   Google Scholar
• McGuire T 2000 Physician agency in Handbook of Health Economics (Eds) A. J. Culyer and J. P. Newhouse North-Holland Amsterdam pp. 461–536
   Google Scholar
• McGuirk , MA and Porell , FW . 1984 . Spatial patterns of hospital utilization: the impact of distance and time . Inquiry , 21 : 84 – 95 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Morill , RL , Earickson , RJ and Ries , P . 1970 . Factors influencing distances traveled to hospitals . Economic Geography , 46 : 161 – 72 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pauly , M and Satterthwaithe , MA . 1981 . The pricing of primary care physician services: a test for the role of consumer's information . Bell Journal of Economics , 12 : 488 – 506 .
   Google Scholar
• Roghmann , KJ and Zastowny , TR . 1979 . Proximity as a factor in the selection of healthcare providers: emergency room visits compared to obstetric admissions and abortions . Social Science and Medicine , 13 : 61 – 9 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ugolini , C and Fabbri , D . 1998 . Mobilità sanitaria e indici di entropia . MECOSAN , 26 : 9 – 24 .
   Google Scholar
• Werden , GJ . 1989 . The limited relevance of patient migration data in market delineation for hospital merger cases . Journal of Health Economics , 8 : 363 – 76 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar