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Editorial
. 2022 Feb;23(1):1-5.
doi: 10.1007/s10198-021-01322-z. Epub 2021 May 19.

The Italian NHS at regional level: same in theory, different in practice

Livio Garattini  1 , Marco Badinella Martini  2 , Michele Zanetti  2
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Editorial

The Italian NHS at regional level: same in theory, different in practice

Livio Garattini et al. Eur J Health Econ. 2022 Feb.
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Conflict of interest statement

Livio Garattini, Marco Badinella Martini and Michele Zanetti have no conflict of interest directly relevant to this article.

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Location of acute hospitals in Lombardy and Veneto regions. The number of hospitals (43) in the figure does not coincide with that quoted in the text (36) for the Veneto region since two hospital trusts and five spokes have two sites each one (Sources: Lombardy: http://www.dati.salute.gov.it; Veneto: Allegato DGRV n. 22/CR del 13.03.2019)
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Number of acute hospitals in Lombardy and Veneto regions by size (beds). The number of hospitals (43) in the figure does not coincide with that quoted in the text (36) for the Veneto region since two hospital trusts and five spokes have two sites each one (Sources: Lombardy: http://www.dati.salute.gov.it; Veneto: Allegato DGRV n. 22/CR del 13.03.2019)
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