Delayed access or provision of care in Italy resulting from fear of COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Maternal and Child Health Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy. Electronic address: marzia.lazzerini@burlo.trieste.it.
² Institute for Maternal and Child Health Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy; Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Science, Department of Pediatrics, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
³ Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale Santobono Pausillipon, Napoli, Italy.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Santa Maria delle Croci Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale della Romagna, Ravenna, Italy.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Emergency Unit Regional Hospital "Giovanni XXIII", Bari, Italy.
⁶ Azienda Ospedaliera per l'Emergenza Cannizzaro, Catania, Italy.

Marzia Lazzerini et al. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;4(5):e10-e11.

doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30108-5. Epub 2020 Apr 9.

¹ Institute for Maternal and Child Health Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy. Electronic address: marzia.lazzerini@burlo.trieste.it.
² Institute for Maternal and Child Health Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy; Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Science, Department of Pediatrics, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
³ Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale Santobono Pausillipon, Napoli, Italy.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Santa Maria delle Croci Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale della Romagna, Ravenna, Italy.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Emergency Unit Regional Hospital "Giovanni XXIII", Bari, Italy.
⁶ Azienda Ospedaliera per l'Emergenza Cannizzaro, Catania, Italy.

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