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- Title
Association of primary care characteristics with variations in mortality rates in England: an observational study.
- Authors
Levene, Louis S; Bankart, John; Khunti, Kamlesh; Baker, Richard
- Abstract
Wide variations in mortality rates persist between different areas in England, despite an overall steady decline. To evaluate a conceptual model that might explain how population and service characteristics influence population mortality variations, an overall null hypothesis was tested: variations in primary healthcare service do not predict variations in mortality at population level, after adjusting for population characteristics.
- Publication
PloS one, 2012, Vol 7, Issue 10, pe47800
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0047800