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Share on Google+Rank Stability in Regional Variation Studies: Is McAllen Really That Bad?
CHP/PCOR Research in Progress Seminar
Date and Time
February 1, 2012
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Open to the public
No RSVP required
Speaker
Jay Bhattacharya - Stanford University
Please note: All research in progress seminars are off-the-record. Any information about methodology and/or results are embargoed until publication.
Atul Gawande's famous New Yorker article on the culture of high medical spending in McAllen, Texas spurred the passage of health care reform. Gawande's essay, which was cited by President Obama, is a distillation of a generation of health services research showing incredible cross-region variation in health care expenditures and decision-making. The purpose of this talk is to provide an assessment of how robust regional rankings such as the Dartmouth Atlas (which provided the main content underlying Gawande's essay) across time and across health insurance systems.
Location
MSOB X303
Medical School Office Building Room X303
1265 Welch Road
Stanford, CA 94305
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