caa a22 4500 465769209 CHVBK 20180323111924.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00150439 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00150439 The nature, content and interpractice variation of general practice: A regional study in Italy [Elektronische Daten] [F. Taroni, R. Siass, G. Traversa, R. Raschetti, F. Menniti-Ippolito, M. Maggini, S. Spila-Alegiani] The activity of 34 general practitioners (GP) working in solo practices in six Local Health Units were assessed, as a preliminary step of a main study, to evaluate and possibly improve the quality of GP professional performance using peer review and feed-back information. A wide interpractice variation was observed in patient visit and patient visiting rates, drug and test prescribing, in- and out-patient referrals, as well as in the composition of the practice case-mix. The extent of interpractice variation for relevant actions in the process of care was unchanged after adjusting for case-mix, suggesting that case-mix differences have little effect in explaining differences among physicians' overall pattern of care and health care resource consumptions. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 General Practice nationallicence Variation nationallicence Case-mix nationallicence Referrals nationallicence Prescribing nationallicence Taroni F. Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161, Roma, Italy aut Siass R. Osservatorio Epidemiologico Regionale, Regione Emilia Romagna, Italy aut Traversa G. Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161, Roma, Italy aut Raschetti R. Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161, Roma, Italy aut Menniti-Ippolito F. Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161, Roma, Italy aut Maggini M. Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161, Roma, Italy aut Spila-Alegiani S. Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161, Roma, Italy aut European Journal of Epidemiology Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/3(1990-09-01), 313-318 0393-2990 6:3<313 1990 6 10654 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00150439 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00150439 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Taroni F. Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161, Roma, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Siass R. Osservatorio Epidemiologico Regionale, Regione Emilia Romagna, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Traversa G. Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161, Roma, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Raschetti R. Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161, Roma, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Menniti-Ippolito F. Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161, Roma, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Maggini M. Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161, Roma, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Spila-Alegiani S. Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161, Roma, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Epidemiology Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/3(1990-09-01), 313-318 0393-2990 6:3<313 1990 6 10654 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer