1 Department of Oncology, Faculty of Health Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada 2 Translational Oncogenomics Unit, Regina Elena Italian National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy 3 – The Statistics for Integrative Genomics and Methods Advancement Laboratory, Population Genomics Program, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, ...

The HiT profiles are country-based reports that provide a detailed description of a health system and of policy initiatives in progress or under development. HiTs examine different approaches to the organization, fi nancing and delivery of health services and the role of the main actors in health systems; describe the institutional framework, process, content and implementation of health and he...

PURPOSE Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy has become an accepted procedure for the treatment of selected cases of lung cancer. The aim of this project was to establish national practical recommendations for the management of patients suitable for VATS lobectomy. METHODS The Scientific Committee of the VATS Lobectomy Group (a branch of the Italian Society of Thoracic Surger...

Abstract This article analyses the development of Italian health policies in post-Second World War period. Shortly after setting up ‘Beveridge model’ and creation British National Health Service, Italy also introduced a new approach to health, which became part Constitution. However, implementation necessary reforms was delayed due resistance from country's institutions government parties. The ...

In this paper we describe the pilot project dati.culturaitalia.it, which started in 2012 to build up a Linked Open Data (LOD) Service that will progressively make available open datasets from the web-portal CulturaItalia , the Italian national aggregator for Europeana . CIDOCCRM Ontology was used for transformation and representation of data widely pertaining to the cultural domain. RDF triples...

The National Plan of Prevention (PNP 2014-2018) [1], which is the key document for the Italian Public Health, underlines the need to realize for all people an empowerment level able to increase or maintain the health control. At international level, the Ljubljana Charter [2] contains the sanitarian systems commitment to rearrange, in the aim to improve continually the quality, with reference to...

1Mental Health Unit, Center of Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome 2Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University, Washington 3SERT 1, ASL Città di Milano, Milan 4Dermopathic Institute of the Immaculate IDI-IRCCS, Rome 5Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of R...

Background Recent British National Health Service (NHS) reforms, in response to austerity and alleged ‘health tourism,’ could impose additional barriers to healthcare access for non-European Economic Area (EEA) migrants. This study explores policy reform challenges and implications, using excerpts from the perspectives of non-EEA migrants and health advocates in London.   Methods A qualitative ...

Background Good decision-making requires gathering and using sufficient information. Several knowledge translation platforms have been introduced in Burkina Faso to support evidence-informed decision-making. One of these is the rapid response service for health. This platform aims to provide quick access for policy-makers in Burkina Faso to highquality research evidence about health systems. Th...

Working conditions in Western countries have changed dramatically in the last twenty years, witnessing the emergence of new forms of employment contracts. The number of "standard" fulltime permanent jobs has decreased, while non-standard work arrangements such as temporary, contingent or part-time contracts have become much more common. This paper analyses the impact of temporary contracts and ...