@article{32097, year={2007}, issn={1972-4845}, journal={SALUTE E SOCIETÀ}, number={3}, volume={VI}, doi={}, title={Politiche di razionalizzazione ospedaliera: efficienza delle strutture e disuguaglianze assistenziali}, abstract={ Hospital care is the largest part of health care expenditures. Thinking about the future it seems that this kind of costs will increase: the multiplication and specialisation of functions, together with the growth in new technologies, have a big effect on health expenditures. Yet, new technologies represent also a factor of innovation in the health care system: in many cases they have supported the possibility of day hospital and ambulatorial care. Not surprisingly there is a strong emphasis on de-hospitalisation; hospital beds reduction and home care. The authors describe pro and cons of this trend.} url={http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/Scheda_rivista.aspx?idArticolo=32097}, author={Barbara Polistena and Irene Rocchetti and Federico Spandonaro} pages={31-55}, language={IT}}