Ugolini, Cristina http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8453-674X
Leucci, Anna Caterina
Nobilio, Lucia
Bertè, Gianfranco
Article History
Received: 1 June 2020
Accepted: 13 August 2020
First Online: 27 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The project is the result of a partnership entitled “Economic evaluation of clinical pathways and prescribing appropriateness” between the Advanced School for Health Policy-University of Bologna and the Regional Agency for Health and Social Care of the Emilia-Romagna Region (ASSR-RER), with the cooperation of the Local Health Authority of Parma. Given the characteristics of the study, using anonymized administrative data, no ethical approval was needed according to the Italian data protection law framework that harmonized with the European GDPR 2016/679 by means of the Legislative Decree 101/2018.
: Not applicable. Anonymized regional administrative data may be used for retrospective studies, with no specific written patient consent, when the aim is health-care quality evaluation and improvement, which was the primary objective of this analysis.
: The authors are employees of their institutions, University of Bologna (CU and ACL), the ASSR-RER (LB) and the Local Health Authority of Parma (GB). The opinions expressed here are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not represent the views of the University of Bologna, the ASSR-RER and the LHA of Parma.