Is there much variation in variation? Revisiting statistics of small area variation in health services research

• Main Authors: Ibáñez Berta (Author), Librero Julián (Author), Bernal-Delgado Enrique (Author), Peiró Salvador (Author), López-Valcarcel Beatriz (Author), Martínez Natalia (Author), Aizpuru Felipe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The importance of Small Area Variation Analysis for policy-making contrasts with the scarcity of work on the validity of the statistics used in these studies. Our study aims at 1) determining whether variation in utilization rates be...