| QUALICOPC, a multi-country study evaluating quality, costs and equity in primary care WLA Schäfer, WGW Boerma, DS Kringos, J De Maeseneer, S Greß, ... BMC family practice 12, 1-9, 2011 | 263 | 2011 |
| Explaining performance in health care: How and when top management competencies make the difference M Vainieri, F Ferrè, G Giacomelli, S Nuti Health care management review 44 (4), 306-317, 2019 | 140 | 2019 |
| Making governance work in the health care sector: evidence from a ‘natural experiment’in Italy S Nuti, F Vola, A Bonini, M Vainieri Health Economics, Policy and Law 11 (1), 17-38, 2016 | 129 | 2016 |
| Assessing the effectiveness of a performance evaluation system in the public health care sector: some novel evidence from the Tuscany region experience S Nuti, C Seghieri, M Vainieri Journal of Management & Governance 17, 59-69, 2013 | 124 | 2013 |
| Assessment and improvement of the Italian healthcare system: first evidence from a pilot national performance evaluation system S Nuti, C Seghieri, S Zett, M Vainieri Journal of Healthcare Management, 57 (3), 182-98, 2012 | 88 | 2012 |
| Let’s play the patients music: A new generation of performance measurement systems in healthcare S Nuti, G Noto, F Vola, M Vainieri Management Decision 56 (10), 2252-2272, 2018 | 82 | 2018 |
| Relationships between technical efficiency and the quality and costs of health care in Italy S Nuti, C Daraio, C Speroni, M Vainieri International journal for quality in health care 23 (3), 324-330, 2011 | 82 | 2011 |
| Disinvestment for re-allocation: a process to identify priorities in healthcare S Nuti, M Vainieri, A Bonini Health Policy 95 (2-3), 137-143, 2010 | 80 | 2010 |
| Response to COVID-19: was Italy (un) prepared? I Bosa, A Castelli, M Castelli, O Ciani, A Compagni, MM Galizzi, ... Health Economics, Policy and Law 17 (1), 1-13, 2022 | 76 | 2022 |
| What drives hospital performance? The impact of comparative outcome evaluation of patients admitted for hip fracture in two Italian regions L Pinnarelli, S Nuti, C Sorge, M Davoli, D Fusco, N Agabiti, M Vainieri, ... BMJ Quality & Safety 21 (2), 127-134, 2012 | 62 | 2012 |
| Performance assessment in the maternity pathway in Tuscany region S Nuti, A Bonini, AM Murante, M Vainieri Health services management research 22 (3), 115-121, 2009 | 54 | 2009 |
| Patient-perceived responsiveness of primary care systems across Europe and the relationship with the health expenditure and remuneration systems of primary care doctors AM Murante, C Seghieri, M Vainieri, WLA Schäfer Social Science & Medicine 186, 139-147, 2017 | 53 | 2017 |
| Managing waiting times in diagnostic medical imaging S Nuti, M Vainieri BMJ open 2 (6), e001255, 2012 | 52 | 2012 |
| The contribution of benchmarking to quality improvement in healthcare. A systematic literature review C Willmington, P Belardi, AM Murante, M Vainieri BMC health services research 22 (1), 139, 2022 | 47 | 2022 |
| Are people’s health care needs better met when primary care is strong? A synthesis of the results of the QUALICOPC study in 34 countries WLA Schäfer, WGW Boerma, MJ van den Berg, J De Maeseneer, ... Primary Health Care Research & Development 20, e104, 2019 | 47 | 2019 |
| A performance management system in healthcare for all seasons? M Vainieri, G Noto, F Ferre, LC Rosella International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 (15), 5590, 2020 | 46 | 2020 |
| Does feedback influence patient-professional communication? Empirical evidence from Italy AM Murante, M Vainieri, D Rojas, S Nuti Health Policy 116 (2-3), 273-280, 2014 | 45 | 2014 |
| Corona-regionalism? Differences in regional responses to COVID-19 in Italy I Bosa, A Castelli, M Castelli, O Ciani, A Compagni, MM Galizzi, ... Health Policy 125 (9), 1179-1187, 2021 | 44 | 2021 |
| Nurses and the acceptance of innovations in technology-intensive contexts: the need for tailored management strategies C Barchielli, C Marullo, M Bonciani, M Vainieri BMC health services research 21, 1-11, 2021 | 38 | 2021 |
| Strategies and tools to manage variation in regional governance systems S Nuti, M Vainieri Medical Practice Variations. Health Services Research. Boston: Springer, 2014 | 31 | 2014 |
