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Paterlini’s description of the Italian NHS, as it is set up today, is accurate—it is struggling to survive.1 But some of the factors in the article that are assumed to be the cause of the crisis must ...

2 Fondazione Ca’ Granda IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e di Comunità Università’ degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy Produced by panels of renowned experts ...