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Shared component modelling as an alternative to assess geographical variations in medical practice: gender inequalities in hospital admissions for chronic diseases

BACKGROUND: Small area analysis is the most prevalent methodological approach in the study of unwarranted and systematic variation in medical practice at geographical level. Several of its limitations drive researchers to use disease mapping methods -deemed as a valuable alternative. This work aims...

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Autores principales: Ibáñez-Beroiz, Berta, Librero-López, Julián, Peiró-Moreno, Salvador, Bernal-Delgado, Enrique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22188979
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-11-172