We study the presence and the magnitudes of trade-offs between health outcomes and hospitals' efficiency using a data set from Lombardy, Italy, for the period 2008–2011. Our goal is to analyze whether the pressures for cost containment may affect hospital performance in terms of population...

In recent years, governments and other stakeholders have increasingly used administrative data for measuring healthcare outcomes and building rankings of health care providers. However, the accuracy of such data sources has often been questioned. Starting in 2002, the Lombardy (Italy) regional...

This chapter aims to provide suggestive evidence on how the Lombardy region dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and discuss future challenges for the Lombardy healthcare system. After an introduction to the wide spread of the virus inside the region, we describe the Lombardy health system...

This paper considers the estimation of Kumbhakar et al. (J Prod Anal. doi:<ExternalRef> <RefSource>10.1007/s11123-012-0303-1</RefSource> <RefTarget Address="10.1007/s11123-012-0303-1" TargetType="DOI"/> </ExternalRef>, <CitationRef CitationID="CR30">2012</CitationRef>) (KLH) four random components stochastic frontier (SF) model using MLE techniques. We derive the log-likelihood function of the model using results from the closed-skew normal...</citationref></refsource></externalref>

The goal of this contribution is to shed light on the benefits for research in health care coming from the use of administrative data, especially in terms of measuring hospitals’ outcomes. The main approaches to health outcome evaluation are reviewed and the possible improvements deriving from...

Negli ultimi vent’anni, la maggior parte dei paesi sviluppati ha introdotto schemi di pagamento prospettico basati sui DRG per rimborsare l’attività di ricovero ospedaliero. Tali schemi di pagamento possono giocare un ruolo importante nell’adozione di nuovi dispositivi medici: quando un...