Unwarranted variation in pediatric medical care

Pediatr Clin North Am. 2009 Aug;56(4):745-55. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2009.05.007.

Abstract

This article provides a survey on the concepts, methods, and applications of the study of unwarranted variation in health care with particular attention to children's medical services.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenoidectomy / history
  • Child
  • England
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Health Resources / supply & distribution*
  • Health Workforce
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Pediatrics* / history
  • Pediatrics* / standards
  • Pediatrics* / statistics & numerical data
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'* / history
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'* / standards
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'* / statistics & numerical data
  • Quality of Health Care*
  • Tonsillectomy / history*
  • Tonsillectomy / statistics & numerical data
  • United States
  • Vermont
  • Wales