More than half of the Italian regions do not guarantee essential healthcare: only 9 out of 21 manage to do so while 12 have values below the threshold in at least one of the three macro-areas examined.
And the situation seems to worsen compared to the previous year, if the preliminary data from the Ministry of Health, relating to 2022 and published on the Quotidiano Sanità website, which were presented in a hearing in the Senate, are confirmed.
According to a partial analysis for now, the number of regions, when compared with 2021, which have insufficient performance has in fact increased: there are precisely 12 - while there were 8 the previous year (including the autonomous province of Bolzano) - those which do not reach the threshold in the three indicators considered, namely prevention area, district area and hospital area.
Veneto is the region with the best results, followed by Emilia Romagna and Tuscany.
Lombardy and the autonomous province of Trento also performed well.
On the contrary, Valle d'Aosta is the region with the worst data: it is the only one with values below the threshold in all three macro-areas.
The regions that have numbers below sufficient numbers in one of the indicators are Bolzano, Liguria, Lazio, Abruzzo, Molise, all in the 'Prevention' category.
However, Piedmont (District and Hospital), Campania (Prevention, District), Basilicata (District, Hospital), Calabria (Prevention and District), Sicily (Prevention and District) and Sardinia (Prevention) are lacking in two sectors. , District). Results below the threshold for the Aosta Valley in all three indicators.
"According to the first data, which are not yet definitive, Veneto still excels in its ability to provide citizens with the essential levels of assistance that are owed by all on the basis of the Constitution. - states the President of the Region Luca Zaia - An evaluation that makes us proud and which I dedicate to all healthcare workers, who fight every day to keep the level of performance high despite the thousand problems of this period, starting with the national shortage of personnel".
"Respecting the Constitution, which the Lea provides for them - adds Zaia - is a very significant result, even if unfortunately the areas of Italy that are unable to do so are increasing. This situation will have to be thoroughly evaluated, mainly at a national level, also in relation to the path of differentiated autonomy which will call everyone to have more responsibility and greater attention to the correct use of public resources, starting with those of healthcare".
"It is certainly a satisfaction that Friuli Venezia Giulia ranks among the top in Italy in the Lea report, data that disproves many of the nonsense that we are forced to listen to every day. - comments the Health Councilor of the Friuli Region Riccardo Riccardi - "This it doesn't mean that everything is fine, but that we must continue to work on the indicators.
We are one of the few Italian regions that still guarantee Lea.
This does not mean sitting still because if we see the indicators, they lead us to a situation that passes the test, but they highlight performances that reduce over the years.
In some steps on prevention we increase, but the district part struggles, it decreases".
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