Staszewsky, Lidia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3702-1038
Robusto, Fabio
Lepore, Vito
Bisceglia, Lucia
Petrarolo, Vito
D’Ettorre, Antonio
Tognoni, Gianni
Latini, Roberto
Article History
Received: 14 April 2020
Accepted: 16 June 2020
First Online: 25 June 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: This article does not contain any study involving humans or animals.
: In this study, we use aggregated anonymous data. Data anonymization prior to any analysis and data protection procedures followed the strict criteria adopted by the Puglia Region Health Care Agency, in full compliance with national regulations, and the ethical requirements foreseen for the epidemiological utilization of administrative databases (ExternalRef removed; DL August 10, 2018 No. 101; Act of Department of Health of the Puglia Region (No. 16; May 4, 2015). The use of data in this project does not require review by a Research Ethics Board.
: According to the Italian Personal Data Protection Code (LD 30 June 2003, No. 196 and Appendix), no informed consent from patients is required when using anonymous aggregated data.