The change of hospital internal medicine: a study on patients admitted in internal medicine wards of 8 hospitals of the Lazio area, Italy

The hospital internal medicine (IM) needs to adapt to the socio-demographic changes occurred during the last thirty years: patients currently show an increased overall complexity owing to the increase in the average age of the patients admitted, to more several and severe comorbidities, and a higher...

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Main Authors: Umberto Recine, Emilio Scotti, Vincenzo Bruzzese, Francesco D’Amore, Dario Manfellotto, Ilaria Simonelli, Ruggero Pastorelli, on behalf of GIMI - FADOI Lazio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2015-09-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/523