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Variations in health care : the good, the bad and the inexplicable

Author:

Frosini, Francesca, The King's Fund, Lyscom, Tom, Gao, Haiyan, Raleigh, Veena, Appleby, John, and Bevan, Gwyn

Publication date:

2011

Abstract:

Variations in health care in the NHS are a persistent and ubiquitous problem. But which variations are acceptable or warranted – for example, variations driven by clinical need and informed patient choice – and which are not? The important question is how to promote ‘good’ variation and minimise ‘bad’ variation. ...