Unwarranted clinical variation in health care: Definitions and proposal of an analytic framework.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale, aims, and objectives

Unwarranted clinical variation is a topic of heightened interest in health care systems around the world. While there are many publications and reports on clinical variation, few studies are conceptually grounded in a theoretical model. This study describes the empirical foundations of the field and proposes an analytic framework.

Method

Structured construct mapping of published empirical studies which explicitly address unwarranted clinical variation.

Results

A total of 190 studies were classified in terms of three key dimensions: perspective (assessing variation across geographical areas or across providers); criteria for assessment (measuring absolute variation against a standard, or relative variation within a comparator group); and

SUBMITTER: Sutherland K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7317701 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature