Geographic variation in health care

Annual Review of Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 493-509

  Rosenthal, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecologic fallacy; Health disparities; Small area variation; Supply sensitive care

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855938793     PISSN: 00664219     EISSN: 1545326X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-med-050710-134438     Document Type: Review

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