title: Should the NHS strive to eradicate all unexplained variation? Yes.
authors.affiliation: Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust, Oxford OX4 2LH. lesley.corfield@oxfordshirepct.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Richards
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom