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Whither managerialism in the Italian National Health Service? by Eugenio Anessi-Pessina; Elena Cantù is a Economics, Econometrics and Finance article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Whither managerialism in the Italian National Health Service? about?

In the last decade, the Italian National Health Service has been characterized by the introduction of managerial concepts and techniques, according to the New Public Management paradigm. Recently, these reforms have been increasingly criticized. This article examines the implementation of managerialism in an attempt to evaluate its overall achievements and shortcomings. Overall, managerialism seems to have made good progress: managerial skills are improving; several management tools have been adapted to health-care and public-sector peculiarities; health-care organizations have adopted a wide range of technical solutions to fit their specific needs. At the same time, managerial innovations have often focused on structures as opposed to processes, on the way the organization looks as opposed to the way it works, on the tools it has as opposed to those it actually needs and uses. We thus suggest that research, training and policy-making should stop focusing on the technical features and theoretical virtues of specific tools and should redirect their emphasis on change management.

Who reads Whither managerialism in the Italian National Health Service??

Author

Eugenio Anessi-Pessina; Elena Cantù

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0749-6753)

Published

2006

Language

EN

Field

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)