14. Health policies and health inequalities
Conveners: Ana M. Guillén Rodríguez, Guido Giarelli, Mara Tognetti
Maino Franca (University of Milan, IT), Neri Stefano (University of Milan, IT)
The Development of Health Care Policy and the New Governance of the NHS in Italy
Pavolini Emmanuele (University of Macerata, IT), Vicarelli Maria Giovanna (University Polytechnic Marche, IT)
The Performance of the Italian Health Care System
Reibling Nadine (University of Mannheim, DE)
The Role of Primary Care Physicians in Reducing Health Disparities
Verspohl Ines ( University of Osnabrück, DE )
Who's OMCs darling in health care?
Distributed papers
Frisina Lorraine (University of Bremen, DE)
Explaining Italian Health Care Reform: Problem Pressure Meets Political Devolution
Suoranta Jutta (University of Tampere, FI)
Unequal opportunity to access within Finnish rehabilitation system - Reorganization is needed
Biancheri Rita (University of Pisa, IT)
Gender health, inequality, participation to labour market and family policies
Health inequalities are an important concern in our society and are a crucial issue with which healthcare policies are confronted with. Traditional health inequalities, due to class, age, ethnicity, etc., are increasingly complemented by new inequalities, produced by the institutional design of the healthcare systems, e.g. in terms of the inequality of access, in treatment, etc.
For this very reason, it becomes increasingly important to understand how this issue is addressed by different health policies and by different health systems, both with regard to their national character and potential regional particularities.
The objective of the proposed stream is to understand:
- how and with the help of what type of (innovative or traditional) actions the various policy makers implement strategies to address and overcome health inequalities;
- what type of inequalities do the different healthcare systems produce, how and through which mechanisms;
- are there specific common traits within existing healthcare systems, .e.g. those of the “Mediterranean model”? Do they still hold now that welfare reforms are changing their context?
- What has been the role of national and sub-national actors and of the European Union in the reform processes? What has been the socio-economic impact of the reforms? Did inequalities increase or decrease?
The stream intends to stimulate the presentation and discussion of papers related to peculiar features of health, health care services, systems and policies in various Health systems, preferably using a comparative approach (e.g. among Southern countries and/or vis à vis other EU member states, etc.). Different disciplinary perspectives are welcome.
Ana M. Guillén Rodríguez
Departamento de Sociología
Facultad de CC Económicas
33006 Oviedo – Spain
tel.: +34 985 103727
fax: +34 985 103727
aguillen@uniovi.es |
Guido Giarelli
Facoltà di Medicina
Università “Magna Græcia”
88100 Catanzaro – Italy
tel: +39 328 4598965
fax: +39 051 238004
guido_giarelli@tin.it |
Mara Tognetti
Dipartimento di sociologia e ricerca sociale
Facoltà di sociologia
Università di Milano-Bicocca
20126 Milano – Italy
Tel. +39 02 64487571
fax +39 02 64487561
mara.tognetti@unimib.it |
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