What we do

The Center on Health and Social Care Management (CERGAS) was founded in 1978 to promote scientific research on healthcare management at both national and international levels. Over the years, CERGAS has become a leading influence on the Italian National Health System, helping shape society's perspectives on health and healthcare.

Today, while maintaining its focus on healthcare management, it operates as a multidisciplinary research center investigating a wide range of issues related to healthcare management, health policy, health economics, and social and not-for- profit organizations. Through this work, CERGAS aims to contribute to impactful research within the health and social care sectors while advancing empirical and analytical knowledge in the field.

CERGAS research fellows employ modern research methodologies from management, economics, accounting, organizational research, and policy analysis to better understand the functioning of health and social care systems at both micro and macro levels and to improve them through innovative, evidence-based solutions. International and domestic comparative research is one of its major areas of interest.

CERGAS addresses a variety of audiences with its research, including policymakers, managers, health and social care professionals, patient associations, and society at large, aiming to make a meaningful impact across multiple sectors.
In its mission, CERGAS seeks to answer the following key questions in health and social care:

How can health and social care services be designed and managed to produce the highest quality of care?
How can health and social care organizations be structured to leverage competencies and resources effectively, ensuring top-quality care and addressing pressing public health challenges?
How can we make health and social care systems sustainable, equitable, and responsive, and what role does management play in achieving this?
How can innovation in health and social care, especially technological advancements, be fostered while ensuring accessibility, affordability, and impact?
How can patients and communities be meaningfully included in decisions about their health and care?
How can we assure that the most vulnerable and fragile groups in society have equitable access to care?
How can we share our healthcare delivery experiences with countries in the Global South and, at the same time, support and learn from them as they work to build robust healthcare systems?

To address these critical questions, CERGAS can count on a diversified set of RESEARCH AREAS and on an integrated system of THEMATIC OBSERVATORIES

What we do

How can health and social care services be designed and managed to produce the highest quality of care?

How can health and social care organizations be structured to leverage competencies and resources effectively, ensuring top-quality care and addressing pressing public health challenges?

How can we make health and social care systems sustainable, equitable, and responsive, and what role does management play in achieving this?

How can innovation in health and social care, especially technological advancements, be fostered while ensuring accessibility, affordability, and impact?

How can patients and communities be meaningfully included in decisions about their health and care?

How can we assure that the most vulnerable and fragile groups in society have equitable access to care?

How can we share our healthcare delivery experiences with countries in the Global South and, at the same time, support and learn from them as they work to build robust healthcare systems?