Significant inequalities in access to healthcare system exist between residents of world megacities, even if they have different healthcare systems. The aim of this study was to estimate avoidable hospitalisations in the metropolitan area of Milan (Italy) and explore inequalities in access to healthcare between patients and across their areas of residence.

Inequalities in avoidable hospitalisation in large urban areas: retrospective observational study in the metropolitan area of Milan

Pongiglione, Benedetta
;
Torbica, Aleksandra;
2020

Abstract

Significant inequalities in access to healthcare system exist between residents of world megacities, even if they have different healthcare systems. The aim of this study was to estimate avoidable hospitalisations in the metropolitan area of Milan (Italy) and explore inequalities in access to healthcare between patients and across their areas of residence.
2020
Pongiglione, Benedetta; Torbica, Aleksandra; Gusmano, Michael K
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