Patient migration as a response to the regulation of subnational healthcare budgets
研究意大利地区因医疗预算赤字而实施的财务恢复计划如何导致患者迁移增加24-31%，对医疗政策制定者和卫生经济学家有参考价值。
Since 2007, Italian regions with healthcare budget deficits above a specific total funding threshold are obliged to commit to a financial recovery plan (FRP). We employ a quasi-experimental strategy to assess the consequences of FRPs on access to healthcare by identifying their impact on patient migration. We find a 24–31% increase in patient migration as a result of the strictest implementation of FRPs. Our empirical analysis shows that migration is affected by the regional availability of both capital and labour inputs.