… In this chapter, I first consider regional health care differences in the context of a simple …
regional variations, but document also a growing literature reflecting international variations …

Background Wide geographic variation in health care spending has generated both concern
about inefficiency and policy debate about geographic-based payment reform. Evidence …

… degree of regional variation in rates of dialysis discontinuation and other aspects of end-of-life
care among older patients with ESRD. It seems unlikely that such variation could be …

… dramatic differences in health care utilization and spending across US regions with similar
… and quality of care have been found to be no better in regions of high health care intensity, it …

… that some regions are spending too much on health care, … This paper analyzes regional
variation in health care utilization… of regional variation: patient effects, capturing variation in …

… First, we explored regional variations among the series of individual care-seeking choices, …
regional variations in healthcare utilization. Many studies of such variations have used health …

… This is especially true for large health care organizations that … regional variations in the
physical and mental health of patients receiving primary care in the largest integrated health care …

… Other researchers have focused on regional variations within a single country. Studies from
… of regional variation in health spending is related to differences in demography and health …

… level data from national population and health care registers, we analyze regional
variation in the general population. From an international perspective, the Swedish system is …

… care of one chronic disease over another. Therefore, we aimed to gain insight into the drivers
of regional variation in healthcare … Furthermore, at the regional level, we added health care …