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The lack of satisfaction might indicate poor preparation on the part of the MD dealing with the patient (in Italy, we still await a law to regulate the training of medical and non-medical operators), or too high expectations by patients, due to wrong information.
Children from the lower socioeconomic segment of the population acquired infection and consequent immunity at an earlier age than did those in the higher social classes Badante Roma which produced an inverse correlation between health condition, as measured by Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), and polio cases per million of the population.
The patients ranged in age from 14 months to 14 years, and provision was made for the suitable education and professional training of the older children 34 The Centre rapidly became a national training institution for the "orthopaedic technicians" and "rehabilitation therapists".
Within the national system of public health, first introduced in Italy by the law of December 22, 1888 (Crispi's Law), at the end of the nineteenth-century a few orthopaedic institutions reserved for children were opened, mainly devoted to the treatment of rickets, a disease widely spread among the poorest part of the Italian population.
Total expenditure on health as a proportion of GDP has risen from 7.3% in 1995 to 9.5% in 2009 (see Table A15.1 ). Public spending on health accounted for 77.0% of the total in 2007, but over the years there has been considerable fluctuation, due to GDP rates and co-payment policies implemented by different governments.
Detention of asylum-seekers may be ordered (a) in order to verify or determine the asylum-seeker's nationality or identity, (b) if they are not carrying travel or personal identity documents, or (c) if they have presented false documents on arrival; (d) in order to check the grounds on which their asylum application is based where they are not "immediately available"; or (e) while they are awaiting the outcome of the proceedings concerning the recognition of the right to be admitted to Italy.
In Italy, the literature does not monitor the palliative care treatments administered by the health facilities to patients in term of access and patients' preferences, essentially due to a lack of official data, especially in the outpatient and community settings.