Trends and perioperative mortality in gastric cancer surgery: a nationwide population‑based cohort study.

This study aimed to investigate changes and perioperative mortality over a 6-year period within the Italian Hospital Information System among patients with gastric cancer (GC) who underwent gastrectomies and to identify risk factors associated with 90-day mortality. Additionally, nationwide differences between high and low-volume hospitals were evaluated. A nationwide retrospective study was conducted using patient hospital discharge records (HDRs) based on the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) classification.

Relative Survival After Adult Cardiac Surgery: Analysis of the Italian Nationwide Registry Data.

Objective: The authors aimed to investigate life expectancy after adult cardiac surgery.

Setting: Nationwide study including University and non-University hospitals.

Participants: Consecutive adult patients who underwent heart valve and coronary artery surgery from a nationwide administrative registry.

A nationwide participatory programme to measure person-centred hospital care in Italy: Results and implications for continuous improvement.

Background: Patient-centredness has been targeted by the Italian government as a key theme for the future development of health services.

Objective: Measuring patient-centred health services in partnership with citizens, health professionals and decision makers.

Design: National participatory survey in a large test set of hospitals at national level.

[Review and evaluation of waiting time indicators used in Italy].

In this study, a set of 15 indicators that are used to provide information on waiting times for medical services and procedures were evaluated. Each waiting time indicator was evaluated with respect to 14 criteria and given a score. The indicator "waiting time estimated through past performance" reached the highest score with respect to all others.