An even smaller area variation: Differing practice patterns among interventional cardiologists within a single high volume tertiary cardiac centre

Mathew Mercuri, Madhu K. Natarajan, Geoff Norman and Amiram Gafni

Health Policy, 2012, vol. 104, issue 2, 179-185

Abstract: Variations in the rate of use of common medical procedures/therapies are widely documented. Previous studies tend to focus on variations between either hospitals or geographic areas. Few studies examine within centre practice variations.

Keywords: Practice variation; Coronary artery disease; Practice style; Single Centre (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.11.006

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