{"title":"Wide variations in cost, quality found among \"best\" hospitals in caring for patients with chronic illness.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hospital practice variations-not variations related to chronic illnesses, patient preferences, or the strictures of evidence-based medicine--determine how much care is given and how much money is spent on patient treatment, according to a series of 20 articles published last month in the online version of Health Affairs.</p>","PeriodicalId":79751,"journal":{"name":"The Quality letter for healthcare leaders","volume":"16 11","pages":"10-2, 1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2004-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Quality letter for healthcare leaders","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Hospital practice variations-not variations related to chronic illnesses, patient preferences, or the strictures of evidence-based medicine--determine how much care is given and how much money is spent on patient treatment, according to a series of 20 articles published last month in the online version of Health Affairs.