White Paper of Italian Gastroenterology: Delivery of services for digestive diseases in Italy: Weaknesses and strengths

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 579-589

  Buscarini, Elisabetta ^a   Conte, Dario ^b   Cannizzaro, Renato ^c   Bazzoli, Franco ^d   De Boni, Michele ^e   Delle Fave, Gianfranco ^f   Farinati, Fabio ^g   Ravelli, Paolo ^h   Testoni, Pier Alberto ⁱ   Lisiero, Manola ^j   Spolaore, Paolo ^j   Actis, Giovanni ^k   Adamo, Salvatore ^l   Amitrano, Lucio ^m   Amuso, Mariano ⁿ   Ancarani, Ornella ^o   Angelico, Mario ^p   Antonini, Filippo ^q   Badiali, Danilo ^r   Balzano, Antonio ^m   Bardella, Maria Teresa ^s   Barresi, Luca ^t   Bellentani, Stefano ^u   Bellini, Massimo ^v   Benedetti, Antonio ^q   Biagini, Massimiliano ^w   Bianchi, Sabrina ^x   Bianco, Antonietta ^y   Borro, Paolo ^o   Bortoli, Aurora ^z   Bortoluzzi, Francesco ^aa   Borzio, Mauro ^z   Boskovski, Ivo ^ab   Brosolo, Piero ^z   Brunelli, Eugenio ^ac   Brunetto, Maurizia ^v   Buri, Luigi ^ad   Burra, Patrizia ^g   Caletti, Giancarlo ^ae   Chilovi, Fausto ^af   Cicala, Michele ^ag   Ciliberto, Enrico ^ah   Cilona, Antonio ^z   Cipolletta, Livio ^y   Claar, Giovanni M ^ai   Conigliaro, Rita ^aj   Conio, Massimo ^x   Corazziari, Enrico ^r   Costamagna, Guido ^ab   Cottone, Mario ^ak   Craxì, Antonio ^al   Crotta, Sergio ^am   Cucchiara, Salvatore ^an   Cupella, Francesco ^ao   Cuppone, Renato ^ap   D'Amico, Gennaro ^aq   D'Imperio, Nicola ^ar   De Angelis, Claudio ^as   De Pretis, Giovanni ^at   De Stefano, Salvatore ^au   Del Favero, Giuseppe ^av   Del Piano, Mario ^aw   Di Cillo, Michele ^ax   Di Leo, Alfredo ^ay   Di Matteo, Giovanni ^az   Ederle, Andrea ^z   Elli, Luca ^s   Fagiuoli, Stefano ^ba   Familiari, Luigi ^bb   Familiari, Pietro ^bc   Fava, Gianmarco ^ag   Federici, Telemaco ^bd   Ferrini, Giovanni ^o   Filiberti, Rosa ^be   Fracasso, Pierluigi ^bf   Framarin, Luciana ^k   Fregonese, Diego ^bg   Frosini, Giorgio ^bh   Frulloni, Luca ^z   Fusaroli, Pietro ^bi   Gallo, Vincenzo ⁿ   Gatto, Gianni ^bj   Gemme, Carlo ^bk   Germanà, Bastianello ^g   Germani, Giacomo ^g   Guardascione, Francesco ^bl   Gullotta, Renzo ^bm   Hassan, Cesare ^bn   Ingrosso, Marcello ^bo   Kohn, Anna ^ag   Lauri, Adriano ^bp   Leandro, Gioacchino ^ap   Leo, Piero ^bq   Lorenzini, Ivano ^bc   Loriga, Piero ^br   Macarri, Giampiero ^q   Magnolfi, Fabrizio ^bs   Manta, Raffaele ^aj   Marchi, Santino ^v   Marin, Renato ^bt   Marini, Mario ^bg   Marino, Antonino ^bu   Meroni, Emanuele ^bv   Milazzo, Giuseppe ^bw   Monastra, Santo ^bx   Montalbano, Luigi ^aq   Morini, Sergio ^by   Muscatiello, Nicola ^bc   Natali, Alessandro ^bz   Neri, Matteo ^ca   Nucci, Andrea ^cb   Pace, Fabio ^b   Pallone, Francesco ^cc   Parodi, Maria Caterina ^o   Pasquale, Luigi ^z   Penagini, Roberto ^s   Peralta, Sergio ^al   Peruzzi, Egiziano ^cd   Piazzi, Lucia ^af   Quondamcarlo, Cinzia ^ce   Radaelli, Franco ^cf   Rendina, Maria ^cg   Ridolfi, Francesco ^ac   Rosina, Floriano ^k   Salmi, Andrea ^ch   Sansoè, Giovanni ^k   Scafato, Emanuele ^ci   Scarpulla, Giuseppe ^cj   Solinas, Attilio ^ck   Soncini, Marco ^cl   Sorrentini, Italo ^cm   Spinzi, Giancarlo ^cf   Stroppa, Italo ^ch   Sturniolo, Giancarlo ^bl   Sumberaz, Alessandro ^o   Tammaro, Leonardo ^cn   Tarantino, Ilaria ^t   Testino, Gianni ^o   Traina, Mario ^t   Triossi, Omero ^ac   Usai Satta, Paolo ^co   Vilardo, Luigi ^cp   Virgilio, Clara ^cq   Zambelli, Alessandro ^ar   Zilli, Maurizio ^cr   Zullo, Angelo ^by   more..

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e Gastroenterology Department ULSS2 Hospital Feltre   (Italy)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^h Riuniti Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j Epidemiology System of the Veneto Region   (Italy)

^k GRADENIGO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l Ospedale di Bussolengo (VR)   (Italy)

^m CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁿ UO Gastroenterologia ed End Digest   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^r POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^s FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^t MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

^u AUSL Modena   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^w SAN GIUSEPPE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^x Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^y Ospedale   (Italy)

^z UO Endoscopia Digestiva Torre del Greco ^*  (Italy)

^aa UO Gastroenterologia ed End Digest Azienda ULSS12 Veneziana   (Italy)

^ab CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^ac Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^af Ospedale Centrale   (Italy)

^ag UOC Gastroenterologia Riabilitativa   (Italy)

^ah Ospedale S Giovanni di Dio   (Italy)

^ai San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital   (Italy)

^aj Nuovo Ospedale S Agostino   (Italy)

^ak VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^al UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^am Ospedale Beauregard   (Italy)

^an SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^ao IRCCS   (Italy)

^ap UOC Gastroenterologia ed End Digest IRCCS S de Bellis Castellana Grotte (BA)   (Italy)

^aq Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia Cervello   (Italy)

^ar MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^as UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^at SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^au AOU Federico II   (Italy)

^av Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia   (Italy)

^aw Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria   (Italy)

^ax UOC Gastroenterologia ed End Digest   (Italy)

^ay POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^az UOC Gastroenterologia ed End Digest IRCCS S de Bellis   (Italy)

^ba OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^bb UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^bc OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^bd UOC Gastroenterologia Ospedale S Pio da Pietrelcina   (Italy)

^be ASL Roma B   (Italy)

^bf UOC Gastroenterologia Ospedale di Camposanpiero (PD)   (Italy)

^bg UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^bh UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^bi Ospedale Scarlato di Scafati   (Italy)

^bj Ospedale S Spirito Casale Monferrato   (Italy)

^bk SAN MARTINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^bl SELEX SI   (Italy)

^bm UO Gastroenterologia ed End Digest Clinica San Carlo   (Italy)

^bn NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^bo CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^bp ASL Pescara   (Italy)

^bq Ospedale Annunziata   (Italy)

^br SS Trinit Hospital   (Italy)

^bs IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^bt UOS Dipartimentale Endoscopia Digestiva Ospedale di Dolo (VE)   (Italy)

^bu Pediatric Hematology Oncology   (Italy)

^bv NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^bw UOC Gastroenterologia ed End Digest   (Italy)

^bx San Gennaro Hospital   (Italy)

^by UO Gastroenterologia ed End Digest PTP Nuovo Regina Margherita   (Italy)

^bz Immunohaematology and Transfusion Medicine Unit   (Italy)

^ca UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^cb Ospedale S Giovanni di Dio   (Italy)

^cc TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^cd INRCA   (Italy)

^ce REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^cf VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^cg UO Gastroenterologia Universitaria   (Italy)

^ch S Orsola Hospital   (Italy)

^ci ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^cj UOC Gastroenterologia   (Italy)

^ck ASL 2   (Italy)

^cl UOC Gastroenterologia ed End Digest A O   (Italy)

^cm G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^cn UOC Gastroenterologia ed End Digest Presidio San Giovanni UOSD Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia Digestiva Presidio Addolorata Britannico AO San Giovanni Addolorata   (Italy)

^co UOC Gastroenterologia   (Italy)

^cp UOC Gastroenterologia ed End Digest Ospedale di Castrovillari (CS)   (Italy)

^cq UOC Gastroenterologia ed End Digest   (Italy)

^cr SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Cancer; Digestive diseases; Emergency; Gastroenterology; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Hospital discharge record; Hospital stay; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CASE MIX; CELIAC DISEASE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COLON CANCER; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DIVERTICULOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FATTY LIVER; GALLSTONE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PANCREAS CANCER; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; STOMACH CANCER; VIRUS HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903819905     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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