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Analysis of the Different Approaches Adopted in the Italian Regions to Care for Patients Affected by COVID-19

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  • Fabrizio Pecoraro

    (Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies, National Research Council, Via Palestro, 32, 00185 Rome, Italy)

  • Daniela Luzi

    (Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies, National Research Council, Via Palestro, 32, 00185 Rome, Italy)

  • Fabrizio Clemente

    (Institute of Crystallography, National Research Council, Via Salaria Km 29300, 00016 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy)

Abstract

As the Italian health system is regionally based, COVID-19 emergency actions are based on a general lockdown imposed by national authority and then management at local level by 21 regional authorities. Therefore, the pandemic response plan developed by each region led to different approaches. The aim of this paper is to analyze whether differences in patient management may have influenced the local course of the epidemic. The analysis on the 21 Italian regions considers the strategies adopted in terms of hospitalization, treatment in the ICU and at home. Moreover, an in-depth analysis was carried out on: Lombardia, which adopted a hospitalization approach; Veneto, which tended to confine patients at home; and Emilia Romagna, which adopted a mixed hospitalization-home based approach. The majority of regions implemented a home-based approach, while the hospital approach was followed in three regions (Lombardia, Piemonte, and Lazio), mainly limited to the first period of the outbreak. All regions in the later phases tended to reduce hospitalization, preferring to confine patients at home. This comparison, highlighting the different phases of the pandemic, outlined that the adoption of home-based practices contributed to limiting infection rates among patients and health professionals as well as decreasing the number of deaths.

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  • Fabrizio Pecoraro & Daniela Luzi & Fabrizio Clemente, 2021. "Analysis of the Different Approaches Adopted in the Italian Regions to Care for Patients Affected by COVID-19," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(3), pages 1-15, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:3:p:848-:d:483354
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    1. Fabrizio Pecoraro & Daniela Luzi, 2021. "Open Data Resources on COVID-19 in Six European Countries: Issues and Opportunities," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-18, October.
    2. Paulo Caldas & Miguel Varela, 2023. "The Portuguese Public Hospitals Performance Evolution before and during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (2017–2022)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-31, July.
    3. Francisco G. Emmerich, 2021. "Comparisons between the Neighboring States of Amazonas and Pará in Brazil in the Second Wave of COVID-19 Outbreak and a Possible Role of Early Ambulatory Treatment," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(7), pages 1-18, March.
    4. Lucio Palazzo & Riccardo Ievoli, 2023. "Detecting Regional Differences in Italian Health Services during Five COVID-19 Waves," Stats, MDPI, vol. 6(2), pages 1-13, April.

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