RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Unwarranted variation in health care for children and young people
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 60
OP 65
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302041
VO 98
IS 1
A1 Cheung, C Ronny L H
A1 Gray, J A Muir
YR 2013
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/98/1/60.abstract
AB The study of geographical variation in healthcare has moved on since J Allison Glover's seminal study in 1938, and its value in highlighting inequity in access, quality and outcomes is well-established. Study of variation in healthcare for children, however, has proven more difficult due to barriers with data and idiosyncrasies in how we measure outcomes for children and families. This paper is a narrative review of unwarranted variations in healthcare for children, and discusses the potential of variation analysis to help researchers and policy makers improve child health services.