In a linked article (doi: 10.1136/bmj. e5047), Glasziou and colleagues highlight the tenuous
nature of the evidence that financial reward systems work in healthcare settings. 1 They …

Early in the 2000s, a countrywide health services research initiative was launched under the
acronym of Atlas VPM: Atlas of Variations in Medical Practice in the Spanish National Health …

Importance Characterizing and addressing racial and ethnic disparities in peripartum pain
assessment and treatment is a national priority. Objective To evaluate the association of …

This paper studies the impact of patient-generated ratings of primary care physicians in
Norway. Norway has a universal health care system, with no available objective quality …

We leverage spatial variation in the severity of the Great Recession across the United States
to examine its impact on mortality and to explore implications for the welfare consequences …

This study assessed the extent to which differences in patients' preferences across
geographic areas explained differences in traditional fee-for-service Medicare spending …

Background: Health care quality is frequently described with measures representing the
overall performance of a health care system. Despite the growing attention to overuse of …

Objectives: To test the hypothesis that limits on repeating laboratory studies within
computerized provider order entry decrease laboratory utilization. Design: Cohort study with …

Background Pancreatectomy is a necessary component of curative intent therapy for
pancreatic cancer, and patients living in nonmetropolitan areas may face barriers to …

Objective To assess the contribution of maternal and newborn characteristics to variation in
neonatal intensive care use across regions and hospitals. Study design This was a …