Internal and emergency medicine
The economics of complexity: internal medicine as the backbone of hospitals and guardian of health.
Antonio Gasbarrini, Giovanni Addolorato, Andrea Flex, Francesco Franceschi
Published: 202610.1007/s11739-025-04130-y
Abstract
The Italian Servizio Sanitario Nazionale (SSN) and other universal healthcare systems face increasing pressure from aging, multimorbidity, malnutrition, obesity and the widespread consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFS). Hospitals struggle not on…
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