Geographical Disparities and Patients' Mobility: A Plea for Regionalization of Pancreatic Surgery in Italy.

ABSTRACT: Patients requiring complex treatments, such as pancreatic surgery, may need to travel long distances and spend extended periods of time away from home, particularly when healthcare provision is geographically dispersed. This raises concerns about equal access to care. Italy is administratively divided into 21 separate territories, which are heterogeneous in terms of healthcare quality, with provision generally decreasing from north to south. This study aimed to evaluate the distribution of adequate facilities for pancreatic surgery, quantify the phenomenon of long-distance mobility for pancreatic resections, and measure its effect on operative mortality. Data refer to patients undergoing pancreatic resections (in the period 2014-2016). The assessment of adequate facilities for pancreatic s

SUBMITTER: Balzano G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10177179 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature