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. 2010 Nov 18;363(21):1985-8.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1010220. Epub 2010 Nov 3.

Geographic variation in the quality of prescribing

Yuting Zhang  1 , Katherine Baicker, Joseph P Newhouse
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Geographic variation in the quality of prescribing

Yuting Zhang et al. N Engl J Med. .
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Figure 1. Quintiles of Performance on HEDIS Measures of the Quality of Drug Prescribing, According to Hospital-Referral Region in 2007
Measures on HEDIS (Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set) range from 11.4 to 44.0% for use of high-risk drugs (Panel A) and from 9.5 to 30.6% for potentially harmful drug–disease interactions (Panel B). Lower scores indicate better quality.
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