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To determine the prevalence (cases per million inhabitants) of home artificial nutrition (HAN), enteral (HEN) and parenteral (HPN), in Italy, grouped according to administrative regions, patient age and primary disease, and to analyze the impact both of the presence of an HAN regional regulation and of demographic characteristics.
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Center for Chronic Intestinal Failure, Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti, 9-40138 Bologna, Italy. loris.pironi@unibo.it
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