Lombardy attracts 99,898 patients from other regions in 2023

Lombardy recorded 99,898 hospitalizations of patients from other Italian regions in 2023, according to data from the Ministry of Health presented on October 26. These figures represent acute care admissions under ordinary regimes. During the same period, 46,120 residents from Lombardy were hospitalized in other regions, resulting in a net positive balance of 53,778 admissions for the region.

The data was presented at Palazzo Lombardia during a meeting titled "A New Model of Socio-Sanitary Reception – Project 3,000," organized by CasAmica ODV in collaboration with the Lombardy Region. The report notes that 71.1% of the healthcare attraction in Lombardy involves accredited private facilities, compared to a national average of 54.5%.

Financially, Lombardy earned 1.12 billion euros in credits for services provided to patients from other regions, while owing 476 million euros, leaving an active balance of 645.8 million euros. Nationally, hospitalizations outside a patient's home region totaled 691,640 in 2023, an increase from 7.2% in 2004 to 8.6% this year.