Quantifying Geographic Variation in Health Care Outcomes in the United States before and after Risk-Adjustment.

Despite numerous studies of geographic variation in healthcare cost and utilization at the local, regional, and state levels across the U.S., a comprehensive characterization of geographic variation in outcomes has not been published. Our objective was to quantify variation in US health outcomes in...

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Main Authors: Barry L Rosenberg, Joshua A Kellar, Anna Labno, David H M Matheson, Michael Ringel, Paige VonAchen, Richard I Lesser, Yue Li, Justin B Dimick, Atul A Gawande, Stefan H Larsson, Hamilton Moses
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5156342?pdf=render