Identification and classification of principal features for analyzing unwarranted clinical variation.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale, aims, and objective

Unwarranted clinical variation (UCV) is an undesirable aspect of a healthcare system, but analyzing for UCV can be difficult and time-consuming. No analytic feature guidelines currently exist to aid researchers. We performed a systematic review of UCV literature to identify and classify the features researchers have identified as necessary for the analysis of UCV.

Methods

The literature search followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. We looked for articles with the terms 'medical practice variation' and 'unwarranted clinical variation' from four databases: Medline, Web of Science, EMBASE and CINAHL. The search was performed on 24 March 2023. The articles selected were original research articles in the Eng

SUBMITTER: McOwiti AO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11460437 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature