Is there much variation in variation? Revisiting statistics of small area variation in health services research

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The importance of Small Area Variation Analysis for policy-making contrasts with the scarcity of work on the validity of the statistics used in these studies. Our study aims at 1) determining whether variation in utilization rates be...

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Main Authors: Ibáñez Berta, Librero Julián, Bernal-Delgado Enrique, Peiró Salvador, López-Valcarcel Beatriz, Martínez Natalia, Aizpuru Felipe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/9/60