The relationship between geographic variations and overuse of healthcare services: A systematic review

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-261

  Keyhani, Salomeh ^a,b   Falk, Raphael ^c   Bishop, Tara ^d   Howell, Elizabeth ^e   Korenstein, Deborah ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Mount Sinai School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delphi Technique; guideline adeherence; Guidelines and topic; health services misuse; physicians practice pattern; quality of health care; small area analysis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857546424     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182422b0f     Document Type: Review

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