IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/vep/journl/y2016v124i3-4p301-326.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Maintaining Equity In Health: The Case Of The Changes In Offerings And Access Procedures For Early Breast Cancer Detection Services In The Bologna Metropolitan Area

Author

Listed:
  • Silvia Gatti

    (Universita` di Bologna.)

Abstract

Based on a case study with a strong impact on the citizens of Bologna, the paper presents the implications of progressive changes in the offering of services for the early detection of breast cancer by the public health service, focusing especially on the impact on the safeguard of equity as a principle established by the Italian national healthcare system. Approaching the issue from a user’s point of view, the author suggests integrative tools to safeguard the citizen when accessing the services of the public health system and to actively contribute to improving the system.

Suggested Citation

  • Silvia Gatti, 2016. "Maintaining Equity In Health: The Case Of The Changes In Offerings And Access Procedures For Early Breast Cancer Detection Services In The Bologna Metropolitan Area," Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, Vita e Pensiero, Pubblicazioni dell'Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, vol. 124(3-4), pages 301-326.
    • Handle: RePEc:vep:journl:y:2016:v:124:i:3-4:p:301-326
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://riss.vitaepensiero.it/scheda-articolo_digital/silvia-gatti/maintaining-equity-in-health-the-case-of-the-changesin-offerings-and-access-procedures-for-early-breast-cancerdetection-services-in-the-bologna-metropolitan-area-000518_2016_0003_0301-334219.html
    Download Restriction: Yes
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    Equity; National Health Service; Breast Cancer; Early Detection Services.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • K32 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety Law

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:vep:journl:y:2016:v:124:i:3-4:p:301-326. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Vep - Vita e Pensiero (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.