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Atlas of Variations in Medical Practice in Spain: The Spanish National Health Service under scrutiny

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  • Bernal-Delgado, Enrique
  • García-Armesto, Sandra
  • Peiró, Salvador

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Early in the 2000s, a countrywide health services research initiative was launched under the acronym of Atlas VPM: Atlas of Variations in Medical Practice in the Spanish National Health System. This initiative aimed at describing systematic and unwarranted variations in medical practice at geographic level-building upon the seminal experience of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care.

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  • Bernal-Delgado, Enrique & García-Armesto, Sandra & Peiró, Salvador, 2014. "Atlas of Variations in Medical Practice in Spain: The Spanish National Health Service under scrutiny," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 114(1), pages 15-30.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:114:y:2014:i:1:p:15-30
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.07.013
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