in italy several of the oecd s set of health care quality indicators are well above the oecd average figure which shows admissionbased acute myocardial infarction ami day in hospital mortality places italy above the oecd average with an ami day inhospital mortality rate below switzerland france or the netherlands on for example hospital admission rates for asthma italy reports the lowest agesex standardised rate at per population compared to an average rate of per population across oecd countries