Association of primary care characteristics with variations in mortality rates in England: an observational study.

BACKGROUND: Wide variations in mortality rates persist between different areas in England, despite an overall steady decline. To evaluate a conceptual model that might explain how population and service characteristics influence population mortality variations, an overall null hypothesis was tested:...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Louis S Levene, John Bankart, Kamlesh Khunti, Richard Baker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3480536?pdf=render