Italian term
United States
Multilingual. Very careful & precise.
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Italian to English
di natura pubblica
Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Mangiagalli e Regina Elena
Fondazione IRCCS **di Natura Pubblica**
Can I just translate this as "Public Hospital" or is there a better, more exact meaning for this?
(And ... how would you translate the whole phrase "Fondazione IRCCS di Natural Pubblica"?)
Grazie dell'aiuto!
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Rachel Fell
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Thomas Roberts
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Ellen Kraus
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David Turnbull
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Gad Kohenov
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Non-PRO (2): philgoddard, SYLVY75
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Thorough, knowledgeable and resourceful
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 4 more.
public
not much of a link, as requires a subscription to view it:
Introduction : The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management
... in a public research hospital, together with health care professionals, .... In Italy this process is in its infancy, though it is gaining ground. ...
journals.lww.com/.../Fulltext/2010/07000/Introduction.2.aspx
From actors to authors: a first account about the involvement of ...
by S Casati - Related articles
From 2007 to 2009 Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, one of the major public research hospitals in Italy, has invested on a ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20539150
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In 1985 it was officially recognized as Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico IRCCS (Research Hospital), thus being included among the most important national comprehensive hospitals and becoming one of the three children’s research hospitals in Italy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bambino_Gesù_Hospital
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Thank you Phil :-)
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Thank you Peter :-)
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David Turnbull
: see my discussion
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Thank you David and for the discussion info. :-)
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potra
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Thank you potra :-)
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Israel
30 years of experience+satisfied clients
Native in: French , Hebrew
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of public character
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IRCCS Foundation of public character
Austria
more than thirty years of experience
Native in: German
Works in: Greek to German, English to German, Greek to English, and 5 more.
of public nature
www.informaworld.com/index/908653423.pdf
Multilingual academic lawyer
Native in: English (Variant: Scottish) , Italian
Works in: Italian to English, German to English, French to English, and 3 more.
publicly accredited
In order to be accredited as an IRCCS a hospital essentially has to have a specific research output.
Am almost certain that "di natura pubblica" simply means that the hospital is accredited by the health service and be reimbursed for any treatment provided.
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It's important to be clear about the distinction between "public" hospitals and "publicly accredited" hospitals in Italy. Whilst the former are run by the health service, the latter are private bodies (both not for profit and ordinary companies) which provide healthcare almost as sub-contractors for the state: i.e. they receive money from the state for every patient according to pre-determined tables).
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United Kingdom
Public Hospital and Research Foundation
See my discussion above for further explanation.
Discussion
Here is the pertinent legislation:
http://www.camera.it/parlam/leggi/deleghe/testi/03288dl.htm
See in particular article 2.1. which explains that IRCCS can be either public or private in legal terms, but they are all necessarily accredited by the State.
Furthermore, here is a list of IRCCS from the Min Salute.
http://www.salute.gov.it/ricercaSanitaria/paginaInternaMenuR...
The legal nature of the hospital in question is clearly marked as public.