Guido Citoni

TL;DR: This paper presents further international comparisons of progressivity of health care financing systems, modifying the methodology used there and achieving a higher degree of cross-country comparability in variable definitions, and updating and extending the cross-section of countries.

TL;DR: The general finding of this study is that the vertical effect is much more important than horizontal inequity and reranking in determining the overall redistributive effect but that their relative importance varies by source of payment.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors decompose the redistributive effect of personal income taxes (PITs) of twelve OECD countries into four components: (i) an average rate effect, (ii) a departure from proportionality or progressivity, (iii) a horizontal equity effect and (iv) a reranking effect.

TL;DR: Using the data collected for the year 2004 in the Belgian Health Survey, it is shown that, controlling for all the determinants of self-reported health state, there is a residual effect of geographic location on the self-assessed health, namely a more favourable scoring for individuals that are resident both in the regions of Brussels and in the region of Walloonia.

TL;DR: It is shown that open surgery significantly improves quality of life and elbow function and shows a satisfactory cost/utility ratio, justifying a health spending increase to reduce the social costs resulting from lingering elbow stiffness.