Italy 16th in Europe for health spending says GIMBE

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 11 - Italy is 16th in Europe for health spending, the GIMBE health foundation said in a survey of the Italian health system Tuesday.
    Fully 15 of Italy's European neighbours and near-neighbours spend more on the national health service, it said.
    Health spending is up in Italy, however, the foundation said.
    Italy spent some 11.2 billion euros more on public health over the last three years, it said.
    Much of the extra spending, however, was gobbled up by the COVID-19 pandemic, said the foundation.
    In another more recent coronavirus finding, GIMBE said the number of daily cases had almost tripled since September amid a fresh COVID surge. (ANSA).