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. 2025 Jun 30;145(10).
doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.25.0308. Print 2025 Sep 9.

Unwarranted variation - warranted change

[Article in English, Norwegian]
Halvor Langeland, Ole Tjomsland, Panchakulasingam Kandiah, Synøve Kalstad, Line Strømhaug Grongstad, Elisabeth Pedersen, Marit Herder, Eva Stensland

Unwarranted variation - warranted change

[Article in English, Norwegian]
Halvor Langeland et al. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. .
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The National Operational Reassessment Group aims to reduce low-value health care and unwarranted variations. Doctors strive to provide patients with the best possible treatment in accordance with current clinical guidelines. It would therefore be reasonable to expect consistency in the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of similar illnesses. While the distribution of most medical conditions is relatively similar throughout the population in Norway, the Norwegian Health Atlas from the Centre for Clinical Documentation and Evaluation (SKDE) reveals surprisingly large geographic variation in evaluation and treatment.

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