Corona-regionalism? Differences in regional responses to COVID-19 in Italy

Iris Bosa; Adriana Castelli; Michele Castelli; Oriani Ciani; Amelia Compagni; Matteo M. Galizzi; Matteo Garofano; Simone Ghislandi; Margherita Giannoni; Giorgia Marini; Milena Vainieri

doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.07.012

Corona-regionalism? Differences in regional responses to COVID-19 in Italy

Iris Bosa, Adriana Castelli, Michele Castelli, Oriani Ciani, Amelia Compagni, Matteo M. Galizzi, Matteo Garofano, Simone Ghislandi, Margherita Giannoni, Giorgia Marini^*, Milena Vainieri

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Abstract

The paper discusses the responses to the COVID-19 crisis in the acute phase of the first wave of the pandemic (February-May 2020) by different Italian regions in Italy, which has a decentralised healthcare system. We consider five regions (Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Umbria, Apulia) which are located in the north, centre and south of Italy. These five regions differ both in their healthcare systems and in the extent to which they were hit by the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic. We investigate their different responses to COVID-19 reflecting on seven management factors: (1) monitoring, (2) learning, (3) decision-making, (4) coordinating, (5) communicating, (6) leading, and (7) recovering capacity. In light of these factors, we discuss the analogies and differences among the regions and their different institutional choices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1179-1187
Number of pages	9
Journal	Health Policy
Volume	125
Issue number	9
Early online date	31 Jul 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.07.012
Publication status	Published - Sep 2021

Keywords

COVID-19
health management
health policy
Italy
regional responses

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