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

Bosa, Iris, Castelli, Adriana, Castelli, Michele, Ciani, Oriani, Compagni, Amelia, Galizzi, Matteo M. ORCID: 0000-0002-7757-5625, Garofano, Matteo, Ghislandi, Simone, Giannoni, Margherita, Marini, Giorgia and Vainieri, Milena (2021) Corona-regionalism? Differences in regional responses to COVID-19 in Italy. Health Policy, 125 (9). 1179 - 1187. ISSN 0168-8510

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/health-polic...
Additional Information:	© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
Divisions:	Psychological and Behavioural Science
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government
Date Deposited:	07 Sep 2021 09:57
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 02:38
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/111863

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