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Lorenzo Pratici is a Ph.D. attendant at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Parma, Italy. His main interests among research include Public-administration, Public-management, Non-profit organizations with a specific focus on healthcare organizations. His works concern management topics and accounting among public owned firms (hospitals, universities, local-administrations, penitentiaries, etc.). He published in the Journal of Health Services Management, the International Journal of Healthcare Organizations, and other relevant publications. He is reviewer for BMC, Health Policy, and other journals. He is member of the European Academy of Management (EURAM) and the Italian Society for Business Administration (SIDREA).
The Covid-19 pandemic has had wide-reaching societal and economic effects and a return to “normal” will take years to accomplish. In light of this situation, the most important advancement since COVID-19′s emergence has been the development of multiple, life-saving, vaccines. Academic research on vaccine has been extensive. It is estimated that in only one year it has been produced more published and indexed papers on this single issue than in the last twenty years on any other single issue, thus, necessitating some organization. This research consists of a systematic literature review of the social science publication on COVID-19 published in the first year of the pandemic (February 2020 to March 2021). This review is important because it occurs at a time when vaccines have begun their global distribution and the best efforts to address the pandemic is through vaccination programs. In this research, 53 papers published in relevant journals are analyzed out of the almost 30,000 articles retrieved from Scopus database. The analysis conducted relies on two different types: descriptive analysis (evolution at the time of citations; evolution over time of keywords; bibliographical mapping of countries, the top 10 most influential papers), and bibliometric analysis for content evaluation. A cluster analysis was performed for the latter. Clustering the research papers, based on the actual content of papers, found there to be five research areas: (1) economic aspects; (2) ethics and legal aspects; (3) health communication; (4) policies and crisis management, and (5) political issues. Yet, this article’s results paint a picture of literature that has not yet considered the full scope of COVID-19’s effect on the economic, political, and population level health and well-being. Nor has it considered these effects across the global community, suggesting new potential areas of research and giving a perspective of what we should expect for the future.
Lorenzo Pratici; Phillip Singer. COVID-19 Vaccination: What Do We Expect for the Future? A Systematic Literature Review of Social Science Publications in the First Year of the Pandemic (2020–2021). Sustainability 2021, 13, 8259 .
AMA StyleLorenzo Pratici, Phillip Singer. COVID-19 Vaccination: What Do We Expect for the Future? A Systematic Literature Review of Social Science Publications in the First Year of the Pandemic (2020–2021). Sustainability. 2021; 13 (15):8259.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLorenzo Pratici; Phillip Singer. 2021. "COVID-19 Vaccination: What Do We Expect for the Future? A Systematic Literature Review of Social Science Publications in the First Year of the Pandemic (2020–2021)." Sustainability 13, no. 15: 8259.
Health professionals are now required to develop skills that help them to achieve better organizational performance, in addition to the skills necessary to carry out their professional activities. The role of clinician-manager has thus grown rapidly in all the main industrialized countries. The purpose of this study is to investigate how healthcare professionals perceive their level of preparation in managerial skills. Analysing literature on managerial skills in the health sector, ten domains of skills emerged and were used to construct a questionnaire. A survey analysis was conducted among professionals from health organizations in two Italian regions. Independent t-tests were conducted and a one-way analysis of variance was performed in order to compare the self-assessment competency levels in selected subgroups of participants. Findings show that healthcare professionals feel sufficiently prepared in all managerial areas identified. However, they also suggest that health organizations should invest more in all managerial areas. Differences between self-perception of competence and need for training occur among managers and non-managers. The findings will be useful for top management and policy makers designing operational tools for intervention in human resource development, with the aim of providing appropriate training and skills for clinician-managers.
Simone Fanelli; Lorenzo Pratici; Antonello Zangrandi. Managing healthcare services: Are professionals ready to play the role of manager? Health Services Management Research 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleSimone Fanelli, Lorenzo Pratici, Antonello Zangrandi. Managing healthcare services: Are professionals ready to play the role of manager? Health Services Management Research. 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSimone Fanelli; Lorenzo Pratici; Antonello Zangrandi. 2021. "Managing healthcare services: Are professionals ready to play the role of manager?" Health Services Management Research , no. : 1.