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AHEAD Series

The “AHEAD” series is designed as a “vehicle” for disseminating research conducted within the CRC in Health Administration (HEAD), involving faculty members from the SCIBIS department (main hub), as well as DEMM and Beccaria.

Within the CRC, numerous research studies and action-research projects are underway, which may lead to the publication of scientific books, “influential” texts, and professional manuals designed for the academic community, NHS professionals and the healthcare sector (managers and clinical/care leaders), as well as institutional and political decision-makers.

The topics related to the healthcare-management nexus are highly relevant in both academic and professional debates. The Italian healthcare sector is undergoing profound transformations, including the growth of private providers, the vertical integration of insurance companies, NHS reforms, consolidation among service providers, unprecedented technological innovation, and intertwined ethical and economic issues. The audience interested in these topics is steadily growing, further driven by the increased awareness brought about by the recent pandemic.

The CRC HEAD’s connections with the healthcare sector provide numerous opportunities to promote the works published in the series and to expand and strengthen UNIMI’s strategic and institutional positioning as a regional and national reference point for healthcare economics, management, and policy.

The series is designed to host works aimed at:

  • Managers of public and private healthcare organizations
  • Entrepreneurs in the healthcare sector
  • Policy-makers of the NHS/RHS and the healthcare sector
  • Clinical and healthcare profession leaders
  • Researchers and academics interested in healthcare economics, policy, and management
  • Executives and professionals from companies operating in the healthcare sector (pharmaceutical firms, medical devices, insurance companies, etc.)

The title of the series is intentionally “AHEAD” to emphasize the level of innovation that characterizes the topics of management, economics, and healthcare policy covered within it. Always “ahead,” at the forefront, pushing the boundaries of knowledge.

AHEAD publishes both books and working papers. Books are full-length monographs, while working papers provide timely publication of scientific analyses on the healthcare system and its ongoing transformations. These works can contribute to current debates and play an influential role in policymaking, the governance of the Italian NHS, and the work of European institutions.

Books

Galliverti Giuseppe, Saraceni Nicola & Lega Federico


Market Access: Nuovi paradigmi manageriali e strumenti operativi per le imprese del Life Science (perché niente è più come prima)

Ferraris Cristian & Lega Federico


I consumi sanitari privati in Italia: Presente e prospettive

Published papers

Occhi Mauro


Analisi semiseria delle coorrenti teorie manageriali applicate alla sanità in Italia – PNRR come keis stadi

Edited by Lega Federico


Sostenibilità, equità e gestione dell’innovazione in ambito dispositivi e diagnostica in vitro

Lega Federico, Maggioni Elena e Michele Giovanni Cusmai

I modelli di servizio nella Medicina di Laboratorio

Edited by Lega Federico


ONE SSN – Un progetto di institutional building per il SSN italiano

Lega Federico, Serpieri Chiara, Meloda Chiara, e Pastorelli Emanuela

Ragioni e riflessioni sull’evoluzione del ricorso ai professionisti contrattualizzati: da contingenza a modello di servizio

Composition of the Scientific Committee
(all professors from UNIMI, members of the CRC HEAD)

National board

  • Francesco Auxilia – SCIBIS
  • Alessandro Boscati – Beccaria
  • Silvana Castaldi – SCIBIS
  • Carlo Fiorio – DEMM
  • Federico Lega – SCIBIS
  • Marta Marsilio – DEMM
  • Chiara Guglielmetti – DEMM
  • Anna Prenestini – DEMM
  • Luca Solari – SPS
  • Francesco Maria Spano – DEMM
  • Vincenzo Zuccotti – DIBIC L. Sacco

International board

  • Mats Brommels, senior professor, Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
  • Kees Ahaus, head of Health Services Management & Organisation Programmes, Rotterdam University, the Netherlands
  • Tom D’aunno, professor of management, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, New York, USA
  • Russel Mannion, professor of health systems, Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, UK
  • Stephen J. O’Connor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
  • Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, director of the Division of Country Health Policies and Systems at the WHO regional office for Europe; associate professor at the University of Malta
  • Gary Young, director, Northeastern University Center for HealthPolicyand Healthcare Research, Boston, USA

Editorial Board 

Editorial Coordinator: Prof. Federico Lega
Expert members for the different areas of expertise/sector:

  • Carlo Nicora, General Director, IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia, and FIASO vice president; healthcare management
  • Silvio Brusaferro, full professor of hygiene, University of Udine, and president of the Italian National Institute of Health [ISS, Istituto Superiore di Sanità]; healthcare policies
  • Stefano Capolongo, full professor, Politecnico of Milan, scientific coordinator of the cluster entitled “Progettazione delle strutture sanitarie. Architettura, Edilizia, Urbanistica, Territorio”; healthcare engineering and architecture
  • Anne Destrebecq, full professor of general nursing, University of Milan, Dept. of Biomedical Science and Health; healthcare professions
  • Alessandro Boscati, full professor of labor law, University of Milan, Cesare Beccaria Department of Law; healthcare law