Search results for "Patients Mobility"
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A Research Framework To Design Sustainable Patients’ Mobility Policies In Sicily
2014
Designing a Dynamic Performance Management System to support Local Health Authorities’ Managers in facing patients mobility
2013
Designing a Dynamic Performance Management System to outline patients mobility policies
2015
In the Italian health care service, both public and private providers operate through the coordination of Local Health Authorities (Lhas). Such authorities, together with the regional government, are in charge to make sure citizens can access locally to a predefined health care service level. However, patients are free to move from one region to another to receive the requested health care service. This phenomenon is recognised as patients mobility. Palm and Glinos [2010] identified some of the reasons why patients decide to seek care elsewhere, such as the specific situation of the patient, the medical need and the availability (or not) of the care service at home. A patient treated in a r…