title: [Healthcare research and regional programming in Umbria (Italy)].
abstract: This paper discusses the relationship between regional programming and national health research policy, and in particular evaluates the role that intellectual capital plays in innovation processes of knowledge-based organizations. The concepts of intellectual capital and knowledge-based organization are defined in the paper, as these are especially useful when speaking of university, healthcare systems and research and development companies. The paper also examines the various types of healthcare research (basic research, clinical trial, epidemiological research, valutative research) and the role that each type of research plays in healthcare programming at the national and regional levels.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Specialità medico-chirurgiche e Sanità pubblica Sezione di Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Perugia.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Romagnoli
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Minelli
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics; D006291:Health Policy; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D007558:Italy; D019359:Knowledge; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D009936:Organizational Innovation / Q000191:economics; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration