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“Retailisation” of Italy’s private market poaches patients from the public sector

Italians are increasingly turning to the private sector for diagnostic tests, dentistry and outpatient specialists leading to a "retailisation" of healthcare. We talk to three of the largest of this new breed of operators to assess the emerging market. Italian patients today pay privately for 20 percent of their healthcare expenses, which amounted to a […]

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