Some tidying up of older but still interesting info about regional variation in healthcare:
The Dartmouth Atlas study in Acrobat:
http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/atlases/2006_Atlas_Exec_Summary.pdf
And an op-ed piece from Dr. Goodman about utilization/variation:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/10/opinion/10goodman.html?ex=1156046400&en=2960abf359ef20a7&ei=5070
An article about 'off the chart' utilization of angioplasties in Elyria, Ohio:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/18/business/18stent.html?hp&ex=1155960000&en=b81be5f43f98a99b&ei=5094&partner=homepage
And a lecture Jack Wennberg talking about Atlas:
http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/atlases/NYAM_Lecture.pdf
Cheers,
Chris
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Practice variation links
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