Decentralizing Cancer Care Benefits People and the Environment
Mission 6 of the PNRR (National Recovery and Resilience Plan) envisages, among other things, the decentralization of healthcare to the territory, through community homes (one for every 50,000 patients) and community hospitals (one for every 100,000 patients). But to what extent is a territorial care model sustainable in environmental, social and economic terms?
Giovanni Fattore, Michela Bobini, Francesca Bobini, Francesca Meda, Benedetta Pongiglione, (all of them from CERGAS research center at Bocconi) Luca Baldino (Directorate General for People Care, Health and Welfare, Emilia-Romagna), Stefano Gandolfi, Manuela Proietto, Stefano Vecchia e Luigi Cavanna (Piacenza Health Authority) e Licia Confalonieri (Roche) shed light on the subject in their paper “Reducing the burden of travel and environmental impact through decentralization of cancer care”, published in the February 2024 issue of Health Services Management Research.