Publications by authors named "Emerico Panciroli"
Article Synopsis
- In July 2018, an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Bresso, Italy, resulted in 52 confirmed cases and five deaths.
- An investigation revealed a strong link between heavy rainfall prior to symptoms and an increased risk of the disease, with a public fountain identified as a key source.
- Water samples showed Lp1 bacteria present, and clinical strains matched those in the environment, confirming the fountain as the outbreak's main cause.
Rationale, Aims And Objectives: Assuring the best standards of care - in a sustainable way - in chronic diseases as breast cancer is nowadays an important challenge for any health system. The aim of this study was to present the methodology used to define a set of quality indicators, computable from administrative data for the pathway of care of breast cancer, and its application at a population level.
Method: The cohort of 2007-2009 incident cases of breast cancer was identified through a network of six cancer registers in Northern Italy.
Objectives: to present a set of indicators developed from six Local Health Authorities of the Lombardy Region to monitor the diagnostic and therapeutic pathway of breast cancer patients, applied to 2007-2009 incident cases.
Design: retrospective cohort study.
Setting And Participants: all subjects with primary breast cancer, incident in the period 2007-2009, and collected by cancer registries of Milano 1, Bergamo, Cremona, Milano, Milano 2 and Monza-Brianza (5,320,272 inhabitants) were included.