Cross-border health care represents a key issue in the field of rare diseases

Cross-border health care represents a key issue in the field of rare diseases

The Veneto Region, north-east of Italy, 4.7 million inhabitants, is interested by this phenomenon, both for its geographical position, a hinge between Eastern and Western European countries, and for the presence of specialised health care services, most of which are specifically addressed to RD patients. The aim of the study is to analyse patients’ mobility in Veneto Region, especially from Eas...

Reflections on Health Tourism and Cross-Border Health Care

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Follow-up care of rare diseases in odontology: a public health issue

This study aims at providing new data relating to rare diseases with or without bucco-dental component. A national investigation based on a questionnaire has been carried out in France and a clinical study has been completed with the patients consulting the national centre of rare malformations of the face and the buccal cavity, in particular oligodontia. The results revealed a difficult and co...

Public Provision and Cross-Border Health Care

We study how the optimal public provision of health care depends on whether or not individuals have an option to seek publicly financed treatment in other regions. We find that, relative to the first-best solution, the government has an incentive to over-provide health care to low-income individuals. When crossborder health care takes place, this incentive is solely explained by that overprovis...