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<p>The 30 January 2020 the World Health Organization declared the beginning of a global pandemic emergency. Italy was among the first European Countries to be severely impacted by the COVID-19 virus. This short communication describes the organisation of a project investigating different responses to the pandemics, studying the assessment of local and national Health Systems resilience to a biologic hazard such is a Coronavirus. Preliminary results highlighted a fragmented response to the epidemics across the Italian territory probably connected to different public health policies or local emergency management models. The implementation of a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis is provided to study which are the main important indicators to be considered in the pandemic management. The analysis highlights the successful and effective measures for pandemic planning considering different systems: health, economic, political, socio-psychological, demographic, and emergency.</p>
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The 30 January 2020 the World Health Organization declared the beginning of a global pandemic emergency. Italy was among the first European Countries to be severely impacted by the COVID-19 virus. This short communication describes the organisation of a project investigating different responses to the pandemics, studying the assessment of local and national Health Systems resilience to a biologic hazard such is a Coronavirus. Preliminary results highlighted a fragmented response to the epidemics across the Italian territory probably connected to different public health policies or local emergency management models. The implementation of a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis is provided to study which are the main important indicators to be considered in the pandemic management. The analysis highlights the successful and effective measures for pandemic planning considering different systems: health, economic, political, socio-psychological, demographic, and emergency.

Definition of Indicators for Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis of COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Resilience in Italy

Department of Life and Environmental Science

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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The 30 January 2020 the World Health Organization declared the beginning of a global pandemic emergency. Italy was among the first European Countries to be...

Definition of Indicators for Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis of COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Resilience in Italy

Published Online: Sep 25, 2022

Page range: 767 - 773

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2022-0059

Keywords
Covid-19, Italy, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, pandemic, resilience

© 2022 Noemi Marchetti et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Definition of Indicators for Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis of COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Resilience in Italy

Published Online: Sep 25, 2022

Page range: 767 - 773

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2022-0059

KeywordsCovid-19, Italy, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, pandemic, resilience

© 2022 Noemi Marchetti et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Covid-19, Italy, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, pandemic, resilience