The Ministry of Health: 'Only 13 Regions Sufficient for Essential Care'

In 2023, thirteen Regions and Autonomous Provinces were able to achieve sufficiency in all areas of healthcare (prevention, district care, hospital care). Four failed in two areas and the same number in just one area. This is what emerges from the Monitoring of essential levels of care carried out by the Ministry of Health and anticipated by Il Sole 24 Ore, which shows that overall, the national health service is improving on the hospital care front, but is struggling on prevention and territorial care.

According to the Monitoring, which ANSA was able to view, the fully compliant Regions are Piedmont, Lombardy, the Autonomous Province of Trento, Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Lazio, Campania, Puglia and Sardinia. Four Regions have not reached sufficiency in two areas of assistance: Valle D'Aosta (district and hospital), Abruzzo, Calabria, Sicily (prevention and district). The same number are below the limit threshold in just one area: PA Bolzano, Liguria and Molise (prevention), Basilicata (district).

Among the fully compliant Regions, the highest average scores were recorded by Veneto, Tuscany, PA of Trento, Emilia Romagna and Piedmont. At the bottom of the list, Calabria, preceded by Valle d'Aosta, Sicily Abruzzo and Basilicata.

In general, the document shows that the hospital area is improving throughout the country, with only one Region (Valle d'Aosta) not reaching the minimum score. Prevention, after the collapse suffered in 2020 due to the pandemic, is struggling to raise its head. While the area of ​​territorial care is under special observation: the first beneficial effects of the reform of territorial assistance were expected, but for the moment they have not yet emerged from the survey.