Chapter 1 - Institutional profiles of clinical trials and its applications

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Bottari, Carlo

Affiliations: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. E-mail: carlo.bottari@unibo.it

Abstract: The maintenance of a guaranteed, adequate level of healthcare services and the need of control on public expenditures constitute the background on which the newest innovations for the protection of the right to health stand out. On the sidelines, the principle of autonomy and responsibility in the development of therapeutic choices, it is exactly the economic aspect which, as a result of the global crisis that is featuring the twenty-first century, affects the provision of healthcare services, conditioned by population protection requirements and the need to maintain balanced budgets.

Keywords: Healthcare services, public expenditures, healthcare system

DOI: 10.3233/PPL-160417

Journal: Pharmaceuticals Policy and Law, vol. 17, no. 3-4, pp. 289-296, 2015