Andreano, Anita
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Valsecchi, Maria Grazia
Russo, Antonio Giampiero http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5681-5861
Siena, Salvatore
Funding for this research was provided by:
Italian Ministry of Health (RF 2011-02348859)
Article History
Received: 6 August 2020
Accepted: 5 January 2021
First Online: 25 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval and consent to participate were not required, as this is an observational study based on data routinely collected by the Agency for Health Protection (ATS) of Milan, a public body of the Regional Health Service – Lombardy Region. The ATS has among its institutional functions, established by the Lombardy Region legislation (R.L. 23/2015), the government of the care pathway at the individual level in the regional social and healthcare system, the evaluation of the services provided to, and the outcomes of, patients residing in the covered area. This study is also ethically compliant with the National Law (D.Lgs. 101/2018) and the “General Authorisation to Process Personal Data for Scientific Research Purposes” (n.8 and 9/2016, referred to in the Data Protection Authority action of 13/12/2018).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.