Healthcare in Italy

Healthcare In Italy

For a general article on health in Italy, see health in Italy

Health care spending in Italy accounted for 9.0% of GDP in 2006 (about $2,600 per capita) of which about 75% is public, slightly more than the average of 8.9% in OECD countries. In the WHO's last health care ranking in 2000, Italy's healthcare system was regarded as the 2nd best in the world after France, and according to the CIA World factbook, Italy has the world's 10th highest life expectancy. Thanks to its good healthcare system, the life expectancy at birth in Italy was 80.9 years in 2004, which is two years above the OECD average.