Unwarranted variation in health care for children and young people.
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.
Department of Paediatrics, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK. crcheung@gmail.com
C Ronny L H
CR
Cheung
J A Muir
JA
Gray
D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004739:England; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care