Table I. —The demographic characteristics and expertise of answerers.
| Region | Answers | Years of work experience (N) | Type of hospital/ clinic (N) | Technological devices availability at the clinical center | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. | % out of total responses) | <5 | >5;<10 | >10 | Public center | National system accredited private center | Private, non-accredited center | N of technology YES | % of technology with respect to answers (per region) | % of technology with respect to total technology | Technology for regional population (N. 1,000,000 inhab)* | ||
| Nord | Emilia-Romagna | 21 | 11% | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 67% | 11% | 3.2 |
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 4 | 2% | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 75% | 2% | 2.5 | |
| Trentino-Alto Adige | 3 | 2% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 100% | 2% | 2.7 | |
| Veneto | 18 | 10% | 1 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 83% | 12% | 3.1 | |
| Liguria | 2 | 1% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 100% | 2% | 1.3 | |
| Lombardy | 28 | 15% | 2 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 68% | 15% | 1.9 | |
| Piedmont | 23 | 12% | 2 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 61% | 11% | 3.3 | |
| Center | Latium | 16 | 9% | 0 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 81% | 10% | 2.3 |
| Marche | 4 | 2% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 100% | 3% | 2.9 | |
| Tuscany | 9 | 5% | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 56% | 4% | 1.1 | |
| Umbria | 3 | 2% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 67% | 2% | 2.0 | |
| South | Basilicata | 3 | 2% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 100% | 2% | 6.0 |
| Calabria | 7 | 4% | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 71% | 4% | 2.8 | |
| Campania | 9 | 5% | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 56% | 4% | 0.9 | |
| Apulia | 9 | 5% | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 56% | 4% | 1.3 | |
| Sardinia | 9 | 5% | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22% | 2% | 1.3 | |
| Sicily | 14 | 8% | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 79% | 9% | 2.3 | |
| Abruzzo | 4 | 2% | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 75% | 2% | 2.5 | |
| North | 99 | 53% | 8 | 14 | 78 | 50 | 39 | 10 | 70 | 79% | 55% | 2.6 | |
| Center | 32 | 17% | 1 | 10 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 76% | 19% | 2.1 | |
| South | 55 | 30% | 8 | 5 | 41 | 31 | 23 | 1 | 34 | 65% | 27% | 2.4 | |
| Total | 186 | 100% | 17 | 29 | 140 | 101 | 70 | 15 | 128 | 73% | 100% | 2.4 | |
N.: number of answers. *Italian population by region according to ISTAT (National Institute of Statistics) data updated to January 1st, 2021.