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Answers in search of questions: what does the comparison of COVID19 data among regions in Northern Italy tell us? #MMPMID32883403
Connelly LB; Birch S
Health Econ Policy Law 2022[Apr]; 17 (2): 224-226 PMID32883403show ga
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, discussions about the capabilities of health and social systems to control and contain infectious diseases have been reignited. In Resilient Managed Competition During Pandemics: Lessons from the Italian Experience, Costa-Font, Turatti and Levaggi ask whether or not institutional differences between the managed competition (MC) systems in three of Italy's regions may have affected their performance - and hence, population health outcomes - during the pandemic. Fuchs (2000) previously argued that institutional arrangements not only 'matter', but also sometimes 'matter a great deal' (p. 149, emphasis in original) and this may be particularly true in emergencies.