Plan for the Worst, but Hope for the Best: Investing in Pediatric Services

Affiliations

• ¹ European Paediatric Association/Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations, Berlin, Germany; Department of Medicine and Surgical Science, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: mpm@unifg.it.
• ² European Paediatric Association/Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations, Berlin, Germany; European Confederation of Primary Care Pediatricians, Lyon, France.
• ³ European Paediatric Association/Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations, Berlin, Germany; Second Pediatric Clinic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iuliu Hatieganu, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
• ⁴ European Paediatric Association/Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations, Berlin, Germany; Department of Pediatrics, Medical School of Split, University Hospital of Split, Split, Croatia.
• ⁵ European Paediatric Association/Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations, Berlin, Germany; Department of Pediatrics, Bnei Brak and The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Ramat Aviv, Israel.
• ⁶ Department of Medicine and Surgical Science, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
• ⁷ European Paediatric Association/Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations, Berlin, Germany; Department of Pediatrics, Russian Medical Research and Scientific University of Moscow, Moscow, Russia.
• ⁸ European Paediatric Association/Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations, Berlin, Germany; Department of Paediatrics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
• ⁹ European Paediatric Association/Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations, Berlin, Germany; Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa, Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.