National health system in Italy: development stages, status and trends

Abstract

In the article is considered the peculiarities of formation and development of the health care system in Republic of Italy. Main stages of the development, conditions and tendencies in the context of the social development of medicine are showed. Structure, goals and objectives of the National Health Service are disclosed. In the article described the reasons for the length of life of the citizens of Italy, shows the factors refl ecting the mentality of Italian citizens to proper nutrition. Subjects of articles cover a range of topical problems of the national health care system in Italy in the context of the geographical location of the state. Also the economic, political and demographic factors are analyzed that infl uence on the health care of Italy. Considerable attention is paid to the statistics and estimates of the World Health Organization. The comparative analysis in the fi eld of medicine and health care in Italy with other states of the European Union is given.