RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 NHS resources: scales of variation.
JF British Journal of Preventive & Social Medicine
JO Br J Prev Soc Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 244
OP 250
DO 10.1136/jech.30.4.244
VO 30
IS 4
A1 D R Jones
A1 S Masterman
YR 1976
UL http://jech.bmj.com/content/30/4/244.abstract
AB The dangers inherent in comparing measures of health service provision and usage at high levels of aggregation and of ignoring variations at lower levels are illustrated with particular reference to regional and subregional level in the NHS. Analysis of variance indicates that, for a wide range of variables, there is more variation at the subregional level than regional level.