The Effect of Geographic Units of Analysis on Measuring Geographic Variation in Medical Services Utilization.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to evaluate the effect of geographic units of analysis on measuring geographic variation in medical services utilization. For this purpose, we compared geographic variations in the rates of eight major procedures in administrative units (districts) and new areal units organized based on the actual health care use of the population in Korea.

Methods

To compare geographic variation in geographic units of analysis, we calculated the age-sex standardized rates of eight major procedures (coronary artery bypass graft surgery, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, surgery after hip fracture, knee-replacement surgery, caesarean section, hysterectomy, computed tomography scan, and magnetic resonance imaging scan) from the National Health Insurance databa

SUBMITTER: Kim AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4977766 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature