How the Italian NHS Is Fighting Against the COVID-19 Emergency

Front Public Health. 2020 May 8:8:167. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00167. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Stefania Boccia^{1

2}, Fidelia Cascini¹, Martin McKee³, Walter Ricciardi^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Section of Hygiene, University Department of Health Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health - Public Health Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
³ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Keywords: Covid-19; Italy; emergency; healthcare systems; pandemic.

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / mortality
Emergencies*
Female
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Italy / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Physicians / supply & distribution
SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification
State Medicine*