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Screening: Lazio Lung Screening
Primary purpose: To offer a free screening and early diagnosis for lung cancer to heavy smokers or former smokers aged 55 to 75, aiming to increase the chances of detecting lung cancer in its early stages and improving treatment outcomes.
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Diagnostics
| Radiology |
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| Type |
Name |
Availability |
Uses per year
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| Machine |
CT scanners |
yes |
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| Machine |
MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) |
yes |
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| Machine |
Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) |
yes |
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| Machine |
Digitalised imaging (PACS) |
yes |
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| Machine |
Digitalised imaging (RIS) |
yes |
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| Machine |
Ultrasound |
yes |
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| Machine |
High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) |
yes |
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| Machine |
Gamma Camera |
yes |
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| Technique |
MRI-guided biopsy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Ultrasound-Guided Transcutaneous Tru-Cut Biopsy (USGTCB) |
yes |
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| Technique |
Stereostatic biopsy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Ultrasound guided biopsy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) |
yes |
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| Technique |
EBUS-TBNA |
yes |
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| Technique |
CT guided biopsis |
yes |
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| Technique |
E/S Fine-needle biopsy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) |
yes |
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| Technique |
Angiography |
yes |
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| Nuclear Medicine |
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| Type |
Name |
Availability |
Uses per year
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| Machine |
Pet Scan |
yes |
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| Machine |
PET CT |
yes |
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| Facility |
Radionuclide treatment facilities |
yes |
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| Machine |
SPECT |
yes |
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| Machine |
SPECT CT |
yes |
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| Technique |
Sentinel node scintigraphy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Bone scintigraphy |
yes |
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| Pathology |
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| Type |
Name |
Availability |
Uses per year
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| Machine |
Electron microscopy |
yes |
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| Facility |
Cytology laboratory |
yes |
16000 (yearly)
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| Facility |
Histopathology laboratory |
yes |
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| Technique |
Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) |
yes |
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| Technique |
FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) |
yes |
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| Technique |
PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) |
yes |
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| Technique |
Cytometry |
yes |
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| Technique |
Liquid biopsy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Immunofluorescence techniques |
yes |
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| Technique |
Histochemistry |
yes |
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| Technique |
Techniques for molecular pathology |
yes |
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| Technique |
Cytogenetics |
yes |
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| Pathology: Molecular Tests |
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| Type |
Name |
Availability |
Uses per year
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| Technique |
PGR |
yes |
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| Technique |
KI-67 |
yes |
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| Technique |
PDL1 |
yes |
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| Technique |
PI3KCA |
yes |
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| Technique |
ER |
yes |
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| Technique |
KRAS |
yes |
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| Technique |
BRAF |
yes |
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| Technique |
NTRK |
yes |
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| Technique |
RET |
yes |
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| Technique |
MET |
yes |
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| Technique |
EGFR |
yes |
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| Technique |
ALK |
yes |
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| Technique |
ROS |
yes |
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| Technique |
HER2 status |
yes |
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| Technique |
COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PANELS |
yes |
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| Others |
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| Type |
Name |
Availability |
Uses per year
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| Technique |
Bronchoscopy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Colposcopy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Colonoscopy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Vulvoscopy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Hysteroscopy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Video dermatoscopy |
yes |
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Treatment
| Surgical Oncology |
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| Type |
Name |
Availability |
Uses per year
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| Specialist |
Breast surgery |
9 |
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| Specialist |
Urological surgery |
2 |
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| Specialist |
Thoracic surgery |
9 |
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| Specialist |
Digestive surgery |
9 |
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| Specialist |
Neurosurgery |
21 |
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| Specialist |
Gynaecological surgery |
8 |
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| Specialist |
Head and neck surgery |
1 |
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| Specialist |
Soft tissue surgery |
yes |
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| Specialist |
Orthopaedic surgery |
8 |
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| Specialist |
Oncoplastic surgery |
1 |
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| Specialist |
Paediatric surgery |
4 |
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| Specialist |
ENT surgery |
9 |
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| Specialist |
Sarcoma surgery |
yes |
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| Technique |
Video-assisted thoracoscopy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Robotic surgery |
yes |
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| Technique |
spinal decompression surgery for vertebral metastases |
yes |
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| Radiotherapy |
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| Type |
Name |
Availability |
Uses per year
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| Facility |
Total MegaVoltage units |
yes |
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| Machine |
Linear accelerators |
3 |
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| Machine |
Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT |
yes |
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| Machine |
Linear accelerators with IGRT |
yes |
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| Machine |
Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS |
yes |
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| Machine |
Dedicated SRS units |
yes |
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| Machine |
Cobalt Units |
3 |
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| Machine |
Brachytherapy unit |
yes |
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| Technique |
Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia (HIPEC) |
yes |
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| Technique |
Stereotactic radiotherapy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Locoregional chemotherapy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Chemoembolization |
yes |
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| Technique |
Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) |
yes |
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| Technique |
Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) |
yes |
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| Technique |
Total Body Irradiation (TBI) |
yes |
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| Technique |
3D conformal radiotherapy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Radiosurgery |
yes |
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| Technique |
Proton therapy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Respiratory motion management |
yes |
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| Technique |
Adaptive radiotherapy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Conventional simulation |
yes |
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| Technique |
Virtual simulation for treatment planning |
yes |
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| Technique |
CT planning |
yes |
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| Technique |
IMRT radiotherapy planning system |
yes |
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| Technique |
Magnetic resonance for radiotherapy treatment planning |
yes |
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| Technique |
PET CT treatment planning |
yes |
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| Machine |
Gamma Knife |
yes |
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| Machine |
CyberKnife |
yes |
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| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants |
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| Type |
Name |
Availability |
Uses per year
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| Facility |
Transfusion Unit |
yes |
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| Facility |
Bone marrow / stem cell bank |
yes |
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| Facility |
Number of sterile rooms |
2 |
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| Machine |
Cytopheresis machine |
yes |
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| Technique |
Allogenic stem cell transplants |
yes |
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| Technique |
Autologous bone marrow transplants |
yes |
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| Technique |
Autologous stem cell transplants |
yes |
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| Specialists |
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| Type |
Name |
Availability |
Uses per year
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| Specialist |
Physician with a specialisation in palliative care |
6 |
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| Specialist |
Medical oncologist |
14 |
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| Specialist |
Physician specialised in pain treatment |
yes |
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| Specialist |
Neurologist |
23 |
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| Specialist |
Lung physician |
10 |
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| Specialist |
Radiotherapist |
20 |
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| Specialist |
Psychologist or Psychotherapist |
yes |
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| Specialist |
Psychiatrist |
9 |
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| Specialist |
Pharmacist |
yes |
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| Specialist |
Social worker |
yes |
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| Specialist |
Spiritual care |
yes |
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| Specialist |
Physiotherapist |
yes |
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| Specialist |
Dietitian |
6 |
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| Others |
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| Type |
Name |
Availability |
Uses per year
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| Machine |
Endoprosthesis |
yes |
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| Technique |
Interventional Endoscopy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Embolization with microparticles |
yes |
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| Technique |
Nephrostomy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Biliary drainage |
yes |
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| Facility |
Clinical Trial Center |
yes |
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| Facility |
Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit |
yes |
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| Technique |
Peritoneal drainage |
yes |
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| Technique |
D-J stent |
yes |
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| Technique |
Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Pressurized Air Flow (PIPAC) |
yes |
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Prevention
| Screening and Others |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Facility |
Breast cancer screening program |
yes |
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| Facility |
Cervical cancer screening program |
yes |
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| Facility |
Colorectal cancer screening program |
yes |
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Quality of Life
| Quality of Life |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Facility |
Supportive care unit |
yes |
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| Facility |
Phone/mail contact service |
yes |
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| Facility |
Survivorship program |
yes |
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| Facility |
Acupunture unit |
yes |
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Palliative Care
| Palliative Care |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Facility |
Hospice unit (in the hospital structure or affiliated) |
yes |
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| Facility |
Home palliative care availability |
yes |
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