Innovation technology in neurorehabilitation: introducing a hub and spoke model to avoid patient "migration" in Sicily.
Journal:
Journal of health organization and management
Published Date:
Jan 20, 2020
Abstract
PURPOSE: In the Italian National Health Service, hospital planning has been influenced by two aspects: patients' freedom to choose their healthcare provider and the equal distribution of centers spread throughout country. Unfortunately, while every Italian region should be able to meet the health needs of its own inhabitants, consistent migration among regions exists, especially from the southern areas of the country, including Sicily. As it has been demonstrated that a hub-and-spoke model (HSM) can provide medical care to even the most rural areas, the aim of this study is to propose a new Sicilian model to avoid patients' migration.