Biography
Isabelle Fabbricotti is Professor of Integrated Care in the research group Health Services Management and Organization at the Institute of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her primary area of expertise is integrated care and the development of innovative care arrangements. Fabbricotti has extensive experience in evaluating large-scale, complex, and multidisciplinary interventions and has been centrally involved in experimental and intervention-focused studies addressing care for (frail) older adults, as well as conditions such as dementia, stroke, COPD, and hip fractures. She was awarded the Prof. Dr. Burema Prize for her comparative study on the quality and consumption of care in old people’s homes, nursing homes, and all-age housing.
In addition to her work in clinical care domains, Fabbricotti’s research engages deeply with the evolving relationship between patients, formal and informal caregivers, and the deployment of ICT and eHealth solutions to enhance care delivery and quality. She served as project leader for the Horizon 2020 ACCRA project, focusing on the agile co-creation of robotics for older adults. Currently, her research centers on the design and optimization of integrated care pathways, with a particular emphasis on leveraging digital innovations.
A distinctive dimension of Fabbricotti’s research is her focus on the integration of social and medical care from the perspective of social approaches. She has specialized expertise in evaluating innovative social strategies and interventions that seek solutions not only within the social care domain but through the integrated and collaborative efforts of medical and social care systems. Her work aims to advance a holistic and inclusive perspective on patient care and to promote a more socially conscious and inclusive outlook within society at large.
Methodologically, Fabbricotti employs qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods designs, alongside co-creation approaches and realist evaluation frameworks. She holds a Master’s degree in Health Sciences and a PhD, both from Erasmus University Rotterdam.
2025- | The evaluatie of an ecosystem for clients with mental health problems: a realist evaluation of GEM |
2024- | Evaluation of a digital platform to enhance the lifestyle pathway for vulnerable citizens: The Our Smart Familiy Buddy-study |
2024- |
Cost-effectiveness of lifestyle care tailored to women with obesity during a critical period and window of opportunity in the life course: The HYGEIA randomised controlled trial
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2023- | Stepwise Risk- Guiding in Prevention of Prostate Cancer (P-Guide) |
2021-2025
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Social Trials: The effect of the Social Approach Dementia: a Comparative Case study
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2020- | Informal care in mental healthcare |
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2020- | Integrated Payment Systems |
2017-2020 |
ACCRA: Agile Co-Creation of Robots for Ageing (Horizon 2020) |
2017-2019 |
Fact Finding Integrated Care Colombia |
2017 |
Referral patterns for eyecare |
2016-2020
| Medical Leadership |
2013-2016
| The evaluation of the long term effects of the Walcheren Integrated Care Model, a preventive and comprehensive integrated model for frail elderly |
2014-2016
| The effect of an integrated care model for persons with dementia |
2014
| The effect of screening in integrated care models for vulnerable elderly |
2010-2016
| The evaluation of the effects of the Walcheren Integrated Care Model, a preventive and comprehensive integrated model for frail elderly |
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2007-2010
| The advantages, disadvantages and outcomes of accreditation in the Mental Health Sector |
2009-2014
| Franchising in healthcare |
2008-2009
| Networks in eye care |
2007-2008
| Motives of general practitioners to refer to certain hospitals and specialists |
2006
| The influence of downsizing the maximum capacity in mergers in healthcare |
2001-2007
| Taking care of integrated care |
2004-2005
| Quality and efficiency in the AWBZ-sector |
2001-2003
| Diseasemanagement models for patients with COPD |
2001-2003
| The relation between the organization and outcomes of care for stroke patients |
2001-2003
| Transcompartimental experiments: The development of care chains for elderly, patients with hip fractures, heart failure, COPD, dementia and stroke |
1999-2000
| Mergers and collaboration in elderly care |
1997-2000
| A comparative study on the quality of care and health care use in nursing homes and lifelong housing |
Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management
- fabbricotti@eshpm.eur.nl
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Work
- Leonarda Gm Bremmers, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen, Carin A. Uyl-de Groot & Isabelle N. Fabbricotti (2025) - Informal care provision for mental versus somatic disorders in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional investigation of caregiving context and quality of life outcomes - BMJ open, 15 (4) - doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099565 - [link]
- Chedwa Pinto, Maaike Meeder, Jan Busschbach, Witte Hoogendijk, Jelmer Alsma, Isabelle Fabbricotti & Maarten van Schijndel (2025) - A Mixed-method Study on the Implementation of a Medical Psychiatric Care Unit - International Journal of Integrated Care
- Kasia Tabeau, Marleen de Mul, Mathilde Strating, Laura Fiorini, Filippo Cavallo, Eloise Sengès, Denis Guiot, Estibaliz Arzoz Fernandez, Daniele Sancarlo & Isabelle Fabbricotti (2024) - The challenges of and solutions for combining cocreation and agile in the development of health information technologies - International Journal of Medical Informatics, 191 - doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2024.105557 - [link]
- Leonarda Bremmers, Isabelle Fabbricotti, Leonoor Gräler, Carin de Groot & Leona Hakkaart - van Roijen (2024) - The impact of informal care provision on the quality of life of adults caring for persons with mental health problems: A cross-sectional assessment of caregiver quality of life - Health Psychology Open, 11 - doi: 10.1177/20551029241262883 - [link]
- Thomas Reindersma, Isabelle Fabbricotti, Kees Ahaus, Chris Bangma & Sandra Sülz (2024) - Inciting maintenance: Tiered institutional work during value-based payment reform in oncology - Social Science and Medicine, 347 - doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116798 - [link]
- Kasia Tabeau, Marleen de Mul, Mathilde Strating, Laura Fiorini, Filippo Cavallo, Eloise Senges, Denis Guiot, Estibaliz Arzoz-Fernandez, Daniele Sancarlo & Isabelle Fabbricotti (2023) - The Challenges of and Solutions for Combining Cocreation and Agile in the Development of Health Information Technologies - doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4603860
- Leonarda Bremmers, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen, Leonoor Gräler, Carin Uyl-de Groot & Isabelle Fabbricotti (2022) - How Do Shifts in Patients with Mental Health Problems’ Formal and Informal Care Utilization Affect Informal Caregivers?: A COVID-19 Case Study - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (24) - doi: 10.3390/ijerph192416425 - [link]
- Thomas Reindersma, Isabelle Fabbricotti, Kees Ahaus & Sandra Sülz (2022) - Integrated Payment, Fragmented Realities?: A Discourse Analysis of Integrated Payment in the Netherlands - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (14) - doi: 10.3390/ijerph19148831 - [link]
- Leonie Bremmers, Isabelle Fabbricotti, Leonoor Gräler, Carin A. Uyl-de Groot & Leona van Roijen (2022) - Assessing the impact of caregiving on informal caregivers of adults with a mental disorder in OECD countries: A systematic literature review of concepts and their respective questionnaires - PLoS ONE, 17 (7) - doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270278 - [link]
- C. Pinto, I. N. Fabbricotti, J. van Wijngaarden, W. J.G. Hoogendijk, J. Alsma, J. J. van Busschbach & M. A. van Schijndel (2022) - Moving Beyond the Status Quo of Integrated Inpatient Medical and Psychiatric Care Units: The Path to Real-World Evaluation - Psychiatric Services, 73 (5), 555-560 - doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000811 - [link]
- Thomas Reindersma, Sandra Sülz, Kees Ahaus & Isabelle Fabbricotti (2022) - The Effect of Network-Level Payment Models on Care Network Performance: A Scoping Review of the Empirical Literature - International Journal of Integrated Care, 22 (1) - doi: 10.5334/ijic.6002 - [link]
- Amelie Gyrard, Kasia Tabeau, Laura Fiorini, Antonio Kung, Eloise Senges, Marleen de Mul, Francesco Giuliani, Delphine Lefebvre, Hiroshi Hoshino, Isabelle Fabbricotti, Daniele Sancarlo, Grazia D’Onofrio, Filippo Cavallo, Denis Guiot, Estibaliz Arzoz-Fernandez, Yasuo Okabe & Masahiko Tsukamoto (2021) - Knowledge Engineering Framework for IoT Robotics Applied to Smart Healthcare and Emotional Well-Being - International Journal of Social Robotics - doi: 10.1007/s12369-021-00821-6 - [link]
- A. Sorrentino, L. Fiorini, I. Fabbricotti, D. Sancarlo, F. Ciccone & F. Cavallo (2020) - Exploring Human attitude during Human-Robot Interaction - doi: 10.1109/RO-MAN47096.2020.9223527 - [link]
- E Senges, Marleen de Mul, D Guiot, Isabelle Fabbricotti & A Kung (2020) - LIFE methodological handbook for agile cocreation of robotics solutions for ageing - [link]
- L Grooten, Isabelle Fabbricotti, D Devroey & HJM Vrijhoef (2020) - Assessment of the implementation fidelity of a strategy to scale up integrated care in five European regions: a multimethod study - BMJ Open, 10, 1-15 - doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-03500 - [link]
- Isabelle Fabbricotti, Marleen de Mul, Annelie Oortwijn, E Kobus & M Oostendorp (2020) - Evaluation experimentation mobility use case Robot ASTRO and daily life use case Robot Buddy
- E Senges, D Guiot, Marleen de Mul, Isabelle Fabbricotti & A Kung (2020) - Life Methodology Handbook for Agile Cocreation of Robotic Solutions for Ageing - [link]
- Isabelle Fabbricotti, E Arzoz Fernandez, M Mateos, A Battestini, DL Lefebvre, E Senges & Marleen de Mul (2020) - Results experiment daily life use case Robot Buddy
Academic Development & Skills
- Level
- bachelor 1
- Year Level
- bachelor 1
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- GWAVV-24
Thesis HCM
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- GW4030MV
Module Knowledge
- Level
- Bachelor 2
- Year Level
- Bachelor 2
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- GW207K
