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Il fardello dell’obesità - L’economia della prevenzione: Key findings for Italy (in Italian)

Sebbene in Italia la prevalenza dell’obesità sia inferiore a quella della maggior parte degli altri paesi, essa ha comunque conseguenze significative. Gli italiani vivono in media 2,7 anni in meno a causa del sovrappeso. Il sovrappeso rappresenta il 9% della spesa sanitaria, superiore alla media degli altri paesi.

The Heavy Burden of Obesity: Key findings for Italy

While the prevalence of obesity in Italy is lower than in most other countries, it still has significant consequences. Italians live on average 2.7 years less due to overweight. Overweight accounts for 9.0% of health expenditure, above the average for other countries. Labour market outputs are lower due to overweight by the equivalent of 571 thousand full time workers per year.

Stemming the Superbug Tide in Italy

Resistance proportions for eight antibiotic-bacterium pairs in Italy have increased in recent years, from 17% in 2005 to 30% in 2015, and could go up to 32% by 2030, should current trends in antibiotic consumption, population and economic growth continue into the future. Resistance proportions in Italy were substantialy higher than the OECD average in 2015 (17%).

Bloccare lo Tsunami di Super-Batteri in Italia

In Italia, la proporzione di infezioni resistenti agli antibiotici è cresciuta da 17% nel 2005 a 30% nel 2015 e potrà raggiungere il 32% nel 2030, se il consumo di antibiotici, la crescita demografica e la crescita economica dovessero continuare a seguire gli stessi trend. La proporzione di antibiotico resistenza in Italia è sostanzialmente superiore rispetto al 17% di resistenza media nei paesi OCSE nel 2015.

Italy: Country Health Profile 2017

Fact sheet: Trends in Medical Education and Training in Italy

Entry to medical education in Italy follows the completion of high-school education and the grades obtained in a national exam, and it is subject to a numerus clausus (i.e., annual quota) set by the Ministry of Education, University and Research. It takes about six years for students to complete the first medical degree.

Fact sheet: Trends in Nursing Education in Italy

In Italy, there are two main categories of nurses requiring a university bachelor’s degree: Registered Nurses (RN) and Registered Paediatric Nurses (RPN). Once a Registered Nurse or a RPN, nurses can pursue further education in the form of a Master’s or Doctoral degree, which is more oriented towards an academic career.

OECD Reviews of Health Care Quality: Italy 2014 - Raising Standards

Health spending falls in Italy, says OECD Health at a Glance report

Health spending per capita in real terms fell by 2% in Italy in 2011, and is estimated to have fallen by a further 0.4% in 2012. Spending per capita also fell in 10 other European countries between 2009 and 2011, following the recession and the need for fiscal consolidation, according to a new OECD report.