Setting priorities in outpatient cardiovascular care to guarantee equitable access: the case of Tuscany region.

ABSTRACT: Universal healthcare systems orient their actions towards promoting, restoring, and improving public health with a particular focus on the need to guarantee equitable access to care. Unwarranted variation in healthcare delivery poses significant challenges to health systems globally, impacting quality of care, financial sustainability, and equity of access. It is therefore important to assist healthcare management in measuring unwarranted variation in order to prioritise intervention strategies to ensure continuity of care and equity. Through an investigation of geographical variation in visit rates and waiting times, the study identifies vulnerable health districts which need priority interventions for patients with cardiovascular disease in the Tuscany region (Italy). Furthermore, a benc

SUBMITTER: Benedetto V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11802940 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature