In 2021, the average expenditure by the Italian National Health Service (Servizio Sanitario Nazionale, SSN) per patient affected by at least one chronic disease was approximately 697 euros. This statistic highlights differences in this figure according to the type of disease patients were suffering from. The highest amount of money per capita was spent by the SSN to fight congestive heart failure and Parkinson's disease. As a matter of fact, Italian public healthcare invested on average over 1.7 thousand euros for each patient affected by one of this two diseases.
These figures take into account all the public healthcare services offered to chronic disease patients, including the costs of prescription drugs covered by public health insurance.
Average cost per chronic disease patient for the National Healthcare Service in Italy in 2021, by disease
(in euros)
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Catholic University of the Sacred Heart or Catholic University of Milan, & Istituto Superiore di Sanità. (May 31, 2023). Average cost per chronic disease patient for the National Healthcare Service in Italy in 2021, by disease (in euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320711/average-nhs-cost-of-chronic-diseases-patients-in-italy-by-disease/
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart or Catholic University of Milan, und Istituto Superiore di Sanità. "Average cost per chronic disease patient for the National Healthcare Service in Italy in 2021, by disease (in euros)." Chart. May 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed January 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320711/average-nhs-cost-of-chronic-diseases-patients-in-italy-by-disease/
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart or Catholic University of Milan, Istituto Superiore di Sanità. (2023). Average cost per chronic disease patient for the National Healthcare Service in Italy in 2021, by disease (in euros). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320711/average-nhs-cost-of-chronic-diseases-patients-in-italy-by-disease/
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart or Catholic University of Milan, and Istituto Superiore di Sanità. "Average Cost per Chronic Disease Patient for The National Healthcare Service in Italy in 2021, by Disease (in Euros)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320711/average-nhs-cost-of-chronic-diseases-patients-in-italy-by-disease/
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart or Catholic University of Milan & Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Average cost per chronic disease patient for the National Healthcare Service in Italy in 2021, by disease (in euros) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320711/average-nhs-cost-of-chronic-diseases-patients-in-italy-by-disease/ (last visited January 02, 2025)
Average cost per chronic disease patient for the National Healthcare Service in Italy in 2021, by disease (in euros) [Graph], Catholic University of the Sacred Heart or Catholic University of Milan, & Istituto Superiore di Sanità, May 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320711/average-nhs-cost-of-chronic-diseases-patients-in-italy-by-disease/
