Effect of healthcare on mortality: trends in avoidable mortality in Umbria, Italy, 1994-2009

OBJECTIVE: Avoidable mortality trends over the period 1994-2009 were calculated to evaluate health intervention by the health system of Umbria, a region of central Italy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Mortality data were supplied by the regional causes of death registry. Rates were standardized to the 2001...

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Main Authors: Fabrizio Stracci, Fortunato Bianconi, Giuseppe Michele Masanotti, Valerio Brunori, Francesco La Rosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2013-06-01
Series:Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712013000200003&lng=en&tlng=en