The Italian NHS: What Lessons to Draw from COVID-19?

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¹ Centre for Health Economics, Institute for Pharmacological Research Mario Negri IRCCS, Via GB Camozzi 3, 24020, Ranica, BG, Italy. lgarattini@marionegri.it.
² Centre for Health Economics, Institute for Pharmacological Research Mario Negri IRCCS, Via GB Camozzi 3, 24020, Ranica, BG, Italy.
³ Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, University College London, London, UK.

Livio Garattini et al. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;18(4):463-466.

doi: 10.1007/s40258-020-00594-5.

¹ Centre for Health Economics, Institute for Pharmacological Research Mario Negri IRCCS, Via GB Camozzi 3, 24020, Ranica, BG, Italy. lgarattini@marionegri.it.
² Centre for Health Economics, Institute for Pharmacological Research Mario Negri IRCCS, Via GB Camozzi 3, 24020, Ranica, BG, Italy.
³ Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, University College London, London, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

Livio Garattini, Michele Zanetti and Nicholas Freemantle have no conflicts of interest directly relevant to this article.

Comment on: "The Italian NHS: What Lessons to Draw from COVID-19?".
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