Unexplained clinical variance: are health plans (partly) responsible?
More research is needed to determine if health plan decision making is contributing to clinical variance in health care. But an informal survey shows it is.
Patmas
Michael A
MA
Oregon Health Sciences University, USA. mpatmas@clearchoicehp.com
D020793:Gatekeeping; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014481:United States