The second volume in the Health Services Research series provides a series of perspectives on comparative effectiveness research. Motivated by concern from the general public, governments in virtually all countries with developed and rapidly developing economies have been actively seeking and promoting ways of improving the patient experience of health care, improving the health of populations, and reducing the per capita cost of health care. While comparing treatment outcomes is not a new concept, appreciation of its potential application has grown in recent years. In addition to...
The second volume in the Health Services Research series provides a series of perspectives on comparative effectiveness research. Motivated by ...
This title deals with internationally documented variations inmedical practice and health service that exist across countries as well as regions across a specific country. Such variationsraise critical concerns about the quality, equity and efficiency of health care resources across the world. Health services researchers have long been aware of large variations in the use of medical care across regions and medical providers. In the 1930s, the British pediatrician J.A. Glover observed that the rates of tonsillectomy in British schoolchildren varied...
This title deals with internationally documented variations inmedical practice and health service that exist across countries...
