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A method of analyzing the variation in utilization of health care in small geographic or demographic areas. It often studies, for example, the usage rates for a given service or procedure in several small areas, documenting the variation among the areas. By comparing high- and low-use areas, the analysis attempts to determine whether there is a pattern to such use and to identify variables that are associated with and contribute to the variation.
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- Analysis, Small-Area
- Small-Area Variation Analysis
- Variation Analysis, Small-Area
- Analyses, Small-Area
- Analyses, Small-Area Variation
- Analysis, Small Area
- Analysis, Small-Area Variation
- Small Area Analysis
- Small Area Variation Analysis
- Small-Area Analyses
- Small-Area Variation Analyses
- Variation Analyses, Small-Area
- Variation Analysis, Small Area
- Small-Area Studies
- Small-Area Variation
- Small Area Studies
- Small Area Variation
- Small-Area Study
- Small-Area Variations
- Studies, Small-Area
- Study, Small-Area
- Variation, Small-Area
- Variations, Small-Area
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- National Library of Medicine. Small-Area Analysis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017062. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017062
- Small-Area Analysis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67368517