Concept information
Preferred term
geographic variations in healthcare
Definition
- Geographic variations in healthcare are the differences in healthcare services delivery to patients based on the location where they receive them. John E. Wennberg, a New England physician, first described the phenomenon of geographic variation in healthcare in the late 1960s after finding small area variations based on Medicare spending. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Services Research; Geographic Variations in Healthcare]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/geographic_variations_in_healthcare
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