The impact of the Italian expenditure for the health care on Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) and on total public expenditure, is in line with those of the
major industrialized countries, and somewhat lower than the European average. The
issue of the Italian health sector is not simply related to the contraction of the expenditure:
in effect, it should be highlighted that Italy currently does not spend “a
lot” and, above all, invests “little” in the mentioned sector. Nevertheless, the health
sector can be a very important flywheel for the economic recovery but, in order to
make this possible, it is necessary to pay a lot of attention, and to invest the best
resources. In this work, the authors intend to develop an analysis of the desirability
of investment on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the health
sector, and the consequent compatibility with current expenditure, by identifying at
the outset the channels multipliers related to the resources at present allocated to the
current health expenditure and capital account.
