Thursday, 9th November

15:00 - Welcome address

• Fabio Musso, Prorettore alla Terza Missione e Public Engagement
• Giuseppe Travaglini, Direttore DESP

15:15 - Keynote lecture

Americo Cicchetti (Direttore Generale della Programmazione Sanitaria del Ministero della Salute)
Health needs, resource allocation, and planning: a way forward

16:00 - Coffee break

16:15 - 18:45 - Session: Resource allocation

• Chair: Agnese Sacchi
• Presentations:
  1. Gilberto Turati (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) - "Ageing and healthcare expenditure: A macroeconomic analysis"
  2. Francesco Porcelli (Università di Bari) - "Health expenditure in Italy: A comprehensive intergovernmental model"
  3. Giacomo Pignataro (Università di Catania) - "Regional devolution and productivity of the Italian hospital sector: Catching up or falling behind?"
  4. Mauro Marè (Luiss Business School) - "Supply drives personal health detractions? A spatial approach at municipal level"
  5. Calogero Guccio (Università di Catania) - "It never rains but it pours: Austerity and mortality rate in peripheral areas"

Friday, 10th November

9:30 - 11:00 - Session: Measuring local needs

• Chair: Francesco Vidoli
• Presentations:
  1. Patrizia Lattarulo (IRPET) - "Decentralisation and investment: How the Italian response to citizens' health needs is changing"
  2. Giovanni Baglio (Agenas) - "Proximities and sanitary deserts"
  3. Monica Auteri (Università Roma Tre) - "Political fragmentation and coalition alignment effects: Evidence from health transfers to Italian regions"

11:00 - Coffee break

11:15 - 12:45 - Session: Information and competition

• Chair: Francesco Vidoli
• Presentations:
  1. Cinzia Di Novi (Università di Pavia e JRC-EC) - "Online health information seeking behavior, healthcare access, and health status during exceptional times"
  2. Emanuele Bracco (Università di Verona) - "The role of information and competition on hospital performance"
  3. Matteo Lippi Bruni (Università di Bologna) - "The quicker, the better: Do CEOs’ incentives foster timely responses in public hospitals?"

13:00 - Lunch

Scientific & Organizing Committee:

• Agnese Sacchi, DESP, Università di Urbino Carlo Bo - agnese.sacchi@uniurb.it
• Francesco Vidoli, DESP, Università di Urbino Carlo Bo - francesco.vidoli@uniurb.it