title: Potential use of small area variations analysis in nursing outcomes research.
abstract: Small area variations analysis (SAVA) is a method for measuring and analyzing differences in clinical practice and service utilization across small geographic areas. To date, nursing has not adopted a SAVA approach in patient outcomes studies. A discussion is offered of the conceptual and methodological considerations confronting researchers and outcomes managers who wish to conduct a small area variations analysis followed by examples and suggestions for incorporating SAVA into nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Entry Program in Nursing, Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, Connecticut 06437, USA.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Pollack
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017062:Small-Area Analysis