… Indicators based on health care criteria led to increased international variation in incidence
rates and a different pattern of international variation compared to mortality rates. The …

… for some but not all of the residual variation in outcome. … variation in outcome between
countries. The residual differences in outcome were too large to be explained by variations in care …

… Study objective: International variation in the outcomes of patients with acute coronary …
the extent of international differences in patient characteristics, care processes, and clinical …

… methods of reporting resuscitation outcomes would enhance … A North American study reported
that variation in survival rates … study was to describe international variation in the structure …

… We conclude that there are wide variations between regions/countries in both health care
resource use for stroke care and short-term outcome of stroke patients. Most of these variations …

… care and outcome, and whether outcome measures could be used to assess quality of care
after stroke. … International neonatal network and the Scottish neonatal consultants and nurses …

… outcomes in low and middle-income countries. We aimed to compare patterns of care available
and their association with patient outcomes … patterns and effect of practice variations (ie, …

… Secondly, we could not evaluate international differences in care for acute myocardial
infarction before hospital admission that may potentially influence in-hospital treatment and …

… variations in health care might lead to significant variations in health outcome and where
the occurrence of the outcome is sufficiently common that the outcome indicator will have the …

… Usually, in addition, marked geographic variations in incidence are suggestive of possible
… Information on disease burden is also used to permit rational priority setting of health-care …