BACKGROUND This analysis aimed at evaluating the impact of a therapeutic strategy of treatment simplification of atazanavir (ATV)+ ritonavir (r) + lamivudine (3TC) in virologically suppressed patients receiving ATV+r+2 nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) on the budget of the Italian National Health Service (NHS). METHODS A budget impact model with a 5-year time horizon was dev...

We analysed drug dispensation by charitable organisations in a year time. Drugs were grouped according to the Anatomic Therapeutic Chemical classification and the amount dispensed was calculated with the system of the Daily Defined Dose (DDD) and expressed as DDD/1000 subjects/day. A number of 87,550 subjects were studied (13,308 Italians; 74,242 Immigrants). Though we noticed a great sesonal v...

BACKGROUND Depression after childbirth is a major problem affecting 10-22% of all mothers. In Italy, postnatal depression has not yet been systematically studied. METHODS In this retrospective study we have sought to identify risk factors, assessed during pregnancy, and their importance for postnatal depression symptoms in a sample of 297 Italian women attending ante-natal classes organised b...

INTRODUCTION In 2010 the Italian Ministry of Health set out recommendations for the use of social technology and Web 2.0, inviting organisations within the Italian national health service (Servizio Sanitario Nazionale, SSN) to equip themselves with instruments. OBJECTIVES 1. to ascertain how many local health authorities (Aziende Sanitarie Locali, ASL) and public hospitals have a presence on ...

Purpose  Arthroplasty registries have an important role in improving outcomes in joint surgery. As the demand for joint arthroplasty continues to increase, growing attention is being paid to the establishment of national registries, which contribute to the enhancement of the quality of patients' care. Indeed, providing postmarketing surveillance data in terms of safety and effectiveness of medi...

We report the exceptional case of an intrauterine fetal death Data for 2013 from the italian national institute of statistics (istat) show that the percentage of breastfeeding mothers in italy is increasing, however these percentages are still far from the standard recommended by the world health organization (who). Not breastfeeding is rarely recognized as a possible effect of the medicalizati...

introduction: cardiovascular diseases are important factors at human death and factor destroys human resources. health intervention is a service for developing of health and diagnoses or modifies of process diseases. it is necessary that every country regarding to its goals, laws national, interests and standards, considers establishing such a system. a comparison of cardiovascular disease clas...