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Table 2 Health expenditure of the 13 LHAs broken down by type of service (2007 data)

From: The growth and composition of primary and community-based care services. Metrics and evidence from the Italian National Health Service

Type of service

Average cost per inhabitant 2007 (in euros)

% on total expenditure

Standard deviation in euros(and%on average cost per inhabitant)

Average yearly percentage variation between 2003 and2007

Hospital admissions

697

41%

89 (13%)

2%

Pharmaceutical

273

16%

37 (14%)

2%

Outpatient visits and examinations

220

13%

76 (35%)

7%

General Practitioners (including night service)

103

6%

9 (9%)

3%

Admissions of elderly people to residential structures

77

5%

39 (51%)

4%

Mental healthcare

59

4%

22 (37%)

2%

Prevention, public health and screening

56

3%

14 (25%)

3%

Emergency services

49

3%

26 (53%)

6%

Rehabilitation

28

2%

27 (95%)

9%

Disabled people

35

2%

24 (68%)

9%

Prosthesis

27

2%

11 (40%)

4%

Home healthcare

22

1%

11 (50%)

7%

Mother and child

18

1%w

12 (65%)

3%

Dependencies

16

1%

4 (25%)

17%

Hospice

3

0%

3 (118%)

6%

Overall cost per inhabitant

1,682

100%

171 (10%)

3%