Class information for:
Level 1: SMALL AREA VARIATION//APPROPRIATENESS OF CARE//SURGICAL RATES

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
16798 635 25.8 52%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
1 4 ECONOMICS//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH//PSYCHOL 3876184
24 3       HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES//HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES//ACADEMIC MEDICINE 112833
345 2             HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES//HEALTH AFFAIRS//HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES 17690
16798 1                   SMALL AREA VARIATION//APPROPRIATENESS OF CARE//SURGICAL RATES 635

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 SMALL AREA VARIATION authKW 193180 2% 27% 15
2 APPROPRIATENESS OF CARE authKW 144246 1% 33% 9
3 SURGICAL RATES authKW 133568 1% 56% 5
4 APPROPRIATENESS authKW 117614 5% 7% 33
5 INDICATION RADIOLOGY authKW 96172 0% 100% 2
6 RADIOLOGY EFFICIENCY authKW 96172 0% 100% 2
7 STATEWIDE HLTH SERV address 96172 0% 100% 2
8 ULTRASONOGRAPHY INDICATION authKW 96172 0% 100% 2
9 EXPERT PANELS authKW 85861 1% 36% 5
10 PRACTICE STYLE authKW 85861 1% 36% 5

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 Health Policy & Services 16900 27% 0% 171
2 Health Care Sciences & Services 13212 31% 0% 197
3 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health 3012 29% 0% 182
4 Medicine, General & Internal 945 19% 0% 120
5 Medical Informatics 882 5% 0% 30
6 Social Sciences, Biomedical 608 4% 0% 27
7 Cardiac & Cardiovascular System 91 6% 0% 38
8 Primary Health Care 46 1% 0% 6
9 Rheumatology 31 2% 0% 10
10 Social Issues 29 1% 0% 5

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 STATEWIDE HLTH SERV 96172 0% 100% 2
2 UNIDAD INVEST SERV SALUD 72126 0% 50% 3
3 1700 MAIN ST 64113 0% 67% 2
4 GESUNDHEITSOKONOMIE 64113 0% 67% 2
5 AZIENDA SANIT LOCALE TERAMO 48086 0% 100% 1
6 BAYER FOR VERBUND PUBL HLTH OFFENTLICHE GESUND 48086 0% 100% 1
7 CARTER WING 48086 0% 100% 1
8 COMMUNITY GEN HOSP 48086 0% 100% 1
9 EVALUAT ORTHOPAED SURG IEFO 48086 0% 100% 1
10 FDN ESTUDIO GLAUCOMA 48086 0% 100% 1

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 MEDICAL CARE 32123 9% 1% 59
2 HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 24339 6% 1% 36
3 HEALTH POLICY 4385 3% 1% 17
4 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE 2745 1% 1% 9
5 HOSPITAL & HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 2204 1% 1% 5
6 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE 1679 1% 1% 7
7 BULLETIN ON THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES 1646 0% 1% 3
8 SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE 1595 3% 0% 21
9 JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 1553 3% 0% 22
10 EVALUATION & THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS 1394 1% 1% 5

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 SMALL AREA VARIATION 193180 2% 27% 15 Search SMALL+AREA+VARIATION Search SMALL+AREA+VARIATION
2 APPROPRIATENESS OF CARE 144246 1% 33% 9 Search APPROPRIATENESS+OF+CARE Search APPROPRIATENESS+OF+CARE
3 SURGICAL RATES 133568 1% 56% 5 Search SURGICAL+RATES Search SURGICAL+RATES
4 APPROPRIATENESS 117614 5% 7% 33 Search APPROPRIATENESS Search APPROPRIATENESS
5 INDICATION RADIOLOGY 96172 0% 100% 2 Search INDICATION+RADIOLOGY Search INDICATION+RADIOLOGY
6 RADIOLOGY EFFICIENCY 96172 0% 100% 2 Search RADIOLOGY+EFFICIENCY Search RADIOLOGY+EFFICIENCY
7 ULTRASONOGRAPHY INDICATION 96172 0% 100% 2 Search ULTRASONOGRAPHY+INDICATION Search ULTRASONOGRAPHY+INDICATION
8 EXPERT PANELS 85861 1% 36% 5 Search EXPERT+PANELS Search EXPERT+PANELS
9 PRACTICE STYLE 85861 1% 36% 5 Search PRACTICE+STYLE Search PRACTICE+STYLE
10 UTILIZATION REVIEW 60173 2% 10% 13 Search UTILIZATION+REVIEW Search UTILIZATION+REVIEW

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 LAWSON, EH , GIBBONS, MM , KO, CY , SHEKELLE, PG , (2012) THE APPROPRIATENESS METHOD HAS ACCEPTABLE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY FOR ASSESSING OVERUSE AND UNDERUSE OF SURGICAL PROCEDURES.JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. VOL. 65. ISSUE 11. P. 1133-1143 29 63% 23
2 LAWSON, EH , GIBBONS, MM , INGRAHAM, AM , SHEKELLE, PG , KO, CY , (2011) APPROPRIATENESS CRITERIA TO ASSESS VARIATIONS IN SURGICAL PROCEDURE USE IN THE UNITED STATES.ARCHIVES OF SURGERY. VOL. 146. ISSUE 12. P. 1433-1440 27 56% 19
3 HEMINGWAY, H , CROOK, AM , FEDER, G , BANERJEE, S , DAWSON, JR , MAGEE, P , PHILPOTT, S , SANDERS, J , WOOD, A , TIMMIS, AD , (2001) UNDERUSE OF CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION PROCEDURES IN PATIENTS CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE CANDIDATES FOR REVASCULARIZATION..NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. VOL. 344. ISSUE 9. P. 645 -654 21 72% 146
4 SHWARTZ, M , PEKOZ, EA , ASH, AS , POSNER, MA , RESTUCCIA, JD , IEZZONI, LI , (2005) DO VARIATIONS IN DISEASE PREVALENCE LIMIT THE USEFULNESS OF POPULATION-BASED HOSPITALIZATION RATES FOR STUDYING VARIATIONS IN HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS?.MEDICAL CARE. VOL. 43. ISSUE 1. P. 4-11 19 73% 16
5 COYTE, PC , HAWKER, G , WRIGHT, JG , (1996) VARIATIONS IN KNEE REPLACEMENT UTILIZATION RATES AND THE SUPPLY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN ONTARIO, CANADA.JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY. VOL. 23. ISSUE 7. P. 1214-1220 27 66% 22
6 SIBAI, AM , TOHME, RA , SAADE, GA , GHANEM, G , ALAM, S , (2008) THE APPROPRIATENESS OF USE OF CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY IN LEBANON: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH POLICY.HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING. VOL. 23. ISSUE 3. P. 210 -217 19 66% 6
7 PAULSHAHEEN, P , CLARK, JD , WILLIAMS, D , (1987) SMALL AREA ANALYSIS - A REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF THE NORTH-AMERICAN LITERATURE.JOURNAL OF HEALTH POLITICS POLICY AND LAW. VOL. 12. ISSUE 4. P. 741-809 39 57% 142
8 SCHILLING, J , GERSTL, P , KAPETANIOS, E , LEE, CY , BERTEL, O , (2003) ASSESSMENT OF INDICATIONS IN INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY: APPROPRIATENESS AND NECESSITY OF CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY AND REVASCULARIZATION.AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY. VOL. 18. ISSUE 4. P. 155-163 19 70% 4
9 BUEN, JM , PEIRO, S , CALDERON, SM , DE GUILLERNA, RM , (1998) VARIATIONS IN MEDICAL PRACTICE: IMPORTANCE, CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS.MEDICINA CLINICA. VOL. 110. ISSUE 10. P. 382 -390 35 44% 13
10 PEKOZ, EA , SHWARTZ, M , IEZZONI, LI , ASH, AS , POSNER, MA , RESTUCCIA, JD , (2003) COMPARING THE IMPORTANCE OF DISEASE RATE VERSUS PRACTICE STYLE VARIATIONS IN EXPLAINING DIFFERENCES IN SMALL AREA HOSPITALIZATION RATES FOR TWO RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS.STATISTICS IN MEDICINE. VOL. 22. ISSUE 10. P. 1775-1786 14 93% 9

Classes with closest relation at Level 1


Rank Class id link
1 23741 HEALTH CARE SPENDING VARIATION//SUSTAINABLE HLTH SPENDING//HEALTH AFFAIRS
2 27856 SECOND OPINION//DOCTOR SHOPPING BEHAVIOR//SECOND MEDICAL OPINIONS
3 15999 WAITING LIST//WAITING TIME//WESTERN CANADA WAITING LIST PROJECT
4 22360 AMBULATORY CARE SENSITIVE CONDITIONS//PREVENTABLE HOSPITALIZATIONS//AVOIDABLE HOSPITALIZATIONS
5 31854 15TH CENTURY FRENCH LITERATURE//ACADEMIC CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY//ATTENUATION BARRIER
6 25380 BARNETT FORMULA//DEVOLUTION FINANCE//FOUR BLOCK MODEL
7 16023 APPROPRIATENESS EVALUATION PROTOCOL//INTERMEDIATE CARE//DELAYED DISCHARGE
8 8259 ADMINISTRATIVE DATA//RISK ADJUSTMENT//PATIENT SAFETY INDICATORS
9 36360 EDITORIAL ACTIVITY//EDITORS REPORT//GABINETE PLAN CALIDAD
10 4689 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES//GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT//PRACTICE GUIDELINES

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