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Efficiency as a domain of health care systems: a phenomenographic approach
Cristiana Cattaneo1, Giovanna Galizzi, Gaia Bassani
1Department of Management, Economics and Quantitative Methods, University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy.
Purpose:
This paper focuses on efficiency as a central theme of the Italian health care reforms, combining macrolevel policies with microlevel (i.e., operating room) perceptions of the concept.
Design/Methodology/Approach:
According to the phenomenographic approach, this analysis investigates how the components of a surgical team (22 semistructured interviews) experience efficiency in their daily workflows.
Findings:
The main findings show that the concept of efficiency is multidimensional. According to participants' perspective, several categories of efficiency collected in an outcome space emphasize an holistic view of efficiency driving health policies and strategies.
Social Implications:
The suggestion of further relationships between perspectives and other constructs (i.e., quality, safety, patient focus, process) at micro and macro level could enhance the impact of health reforms.
Originality/Value:
A qualitative approach conducted at microlevel help to recognize the phenomenon (of efficiency), engaging the individual conception that practitioners have of the health efficiency.
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