In the U.S. patients can use Hospital Compare to evaluate the quality of care individuals receive at each hospital in the U.S. In Italy, there is P.Re.Val.E. A paper by Renzi et al. explains: A Regional Outcome Evaluation Program (P.Re.Val.E.) was launched in the Lazio region of central Italy starting in 2005 (Fusco et al. [...]
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While France may have the highest rated health care system in the world, Italy is second according to the WHO. The Italian health care system is a decentralized version of the British NHS. Despite the high rankings by the WHO, Italians are dissatisfied with the quality of their care. Italians believe more patient choice will [...]
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