AHRQ prevention quality indicators to assess the quality of primary care of local providers: a pilot study from Italy.

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Published in Eur J Public Health on December 23, 2013

Authors

Lamberto Manzoli1, Maria Elena Flacco2, Corrado De Vito3, Silvia Arcà4, Flavia Carle4, Lorenzo Capasso2, Carolina Marzuillo3, Angelo Muraglia5, Fabio Samani6, Paolo Villari3

Author Affiliations

1: 1 Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy lmanzoli@post.harvard.edu.
2: 1 Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy.
3: 2 Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
4: 3 General Directorate for Health Planning, Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy.
5: 4 Regional Healthcare Agency of Abruzzo, Pescara, Italy.
6: 5 General Direction Local Health Unit no. 1, Trieste, Italy.

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