TY - JOUR
AU - Cepiku, Denita
AU - Giordano, Filippo
AU - Bovaird, Tony
AU - Loeffler, Elke
PY - 2020
DA - September
TI - New development: managing the Covid-19 pandemic-from a hospital-centred model of care to a community co-production approach
JO - Public Money & Management
EP - 80
VL - 41
IS - 1
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2020.1821445
AB - Covid-19 is not only a crisis of intensive care but a social and humanitarian crisis. Until mass vaccination is undertaken, control of contagion will rely on responsible behaviour by citizens. Strategies for fighting Covid-19 in different regions of Italy have shown that an area-specific approach, not just hospital-focused, pays off. This article proposes a community coproduction approach, in the light of discussions with politicians and key health decisionmakers and actors. IMPACT Preventing the spread of Covid-19 can mainly be achieved by social, not medical, means. Decision-makers should be aware that a strategy of relying only on the acute health system, placing a high burden on community-based public services, without any systematic attempt to co-ordinate or support the expansion of these services, is likely to fail. This article explains the benefits of a community co-production strategy.
PB - Taylor and Francis
UR - https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/74091/
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
ER