The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with neurological disorders: an urgent need to enhance the health care system's preparedness

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Legal Studies, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
• ² Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
• ³ Ethics Committee "Brianza", S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
• ⁴ Hospice 'La Torre sul Colle', Azienda USL Umbria 2, Spoleto, Italy.
• ⁵ Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
• ⁶ Rehabilitation Department, Marzana Hospital, AULSS 9 (VR), Marzana, Italy.
• ⁷ Università "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
• ⁸ UOSI Riabilitazione Sclerosi Multipla, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
• ⁹ Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
• ¹⁰ SC Neurologia, Ospedale Villa Scassi ASL3, Genoa, Italy.
• ¹¹ Dipartimento di filosofia e scienze dell'educazione, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
• ¹² Multiple Sclerosis Center, Ospedale di Vaio, Fidenza, PR, Italy.
• ¹³ Department of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
• ¹⁴ Bioethics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy.
• ¹⁵ Neurology Unit, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
• ¹⁶ Fondazione FARO, Turin, Italy.
• ¹⁷ UOC Neurologia, ASUR Marche, Fermo, Italy.
• ¹⁸ Unit of Neuroepidemiology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Via Celoria 11, 20133, Milan, Italy. [email protected].