The action has received funding from the European Union via the Technical Support Instrument and is implemented by the OECD, in cooperation with the Reform and Investment Task Force of the European Commission. The deliverables of this action are available on to a dedicated webpage: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/programmes/sg-reform/towards-person-centered-integrated-care-in-italy.html.
The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the OECD member countries or the European Union.
Authors acknowledge the essential support and active collaboration of the Italian Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, the National Institute of Health, the National Agency for Regional Healthcare Services, and the International Health Brick Programme. The authors would also like to thank the many persons and institutions (regions and autonomous provinces, local health units, municipal authorities, third sector and private entities and academic researchers) who contributed to this work through interviews, the provision of documentation, the responses to questionnaires, and the participation to focus groups.
In particular, sincere thanks go to the institutions that contributed to the pilot phase of the initiative: the Tuscany Region, the Azienda USL Toscana Centro and the Società della Salute Empolese-Valdarno-Valdelsa, the Azienda USL Toscana Nord-Ovest and the Zona Distretto Valle del Serchio, the Azienda USL Toscana Sud-Est and the Zona Distretto Casentino; the Veneto Region, the Azienda ULSS 8 Berica and the Ambito Territoriale Sociale Vicenza, the Azienda ULSS 4 Veneto Orientale and the Ambito Territoriale Sociale Portogruaro; the Emilia-Romagna Region, the AUSL Romagna, the Distretto di Lugo and the Unione dei Comuni della bassa Romagna, the AUSL Piacenza, the Distretto di Piacenza città and the Comune di Piacenza; the Puglia Region, the ASL Lecce, the Distretto Socio Sanitario di Lecce and the Ambito territoriale di Lecce, the ASL Foggia, the Distretto Socio Sanitario di Cerignola and the Ambito territoriale di Cerignola, the ASL Bari, the Distretto Socio Sanitario di Conversano and the Ambito territoriale di Conversano; the Liguria Region, the ASL 4 Liguria and the Distretto sociosanitario 14 Tigullio occidentale, the Distretto sociosanitario 15 Chiavarese and the Distretto sociosanitario 16 Tigullio; the Bolzano Autonomous Province, the Azienda Sanitaria dell'Alto Adige, the Distretto sanitario Val Badia, the Distretto sociale Val Badia, the Distretto sanitario Merano Circondario and the Distretto sociale Merano; the Trento Autonomous Province, the Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari, the Distretto Sanitario Sud and the Ambiti territoriali di Vallagarina, Altipiani Cimbri, Alto Garda and Giudicarie.