Grant: Operating Grant
University of British Columbia
$489,907.00
Physician- and region-level variations in health care services use
FY 2009-10
Summary
Doctors make a majority of the decisions about how health care services are used, but we know very little about the demand
each doctor makes on overall resources. This project is a first attempt to measure patterns of practice both for physicians and regions in BC. The four main research questions this project will address are:
1)For patients with similar needs, what are the variations in doctors' and regions' patterns or practice and health care system cost?
2)Are there certain types of services for which variations in practice are greater than others?
3)What factors contribute most to variations in footprint size?
4)Is there a relationship between variations and difference in patient outcomes?
The results of this project will be used by policy-makers and managers as they continue to try and improve the efficiency
and effectiveness of the health care system. They will also be beneficial to other researchers interested in variations in and
outcomes of physician practice.
Department
Program
Operating Grant
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
202293
Name
McGrail Kimberlyn M
Region
British Columbia
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Health Services and Policy Research
Theme2
Health systems / services
Prcname2
Health Services Evaluation & Interventions Research 3
Projecttitle
Physician- and region-level variations in health care services use
Programtype2
Operating Grants
Orgnameinp2
University of British Columbia
Cihramount2
$489,907
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Operating Grant
Keyworddelim
Health Human Resources; Physician Services; Practice Variations
Abstract
Doctors make a majority of the decisions about how health care services are used, but we know very little about the demand
each doctor makes on overall resources. This project is a first attempt to measure patterns of practice both for physicians and regions in BC. The four main research questions this project will address are:
1)For patients with similar needs, what are the variations in doctors' and regions' patterns or practice and health care system cost?
2)Are there certain types of services for which variations in practice are greater than others?
3)What factors contribute most to variations in footprint size?
4)Is there a relationship between variations and difference in patient outcomes?
The results of this project will be used by policy-makers and managers as they continue to try and improve the efficiency
and effectiveness of the health care system. They will also be beneficial to other researchers interested in variations in and
outcomes of physician practice.
Competitiondate
201003
Approvedterm2
3 yrs 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
McGrail, Kimberlyn M
Approvedterm
3 ans 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
~ $489,907~ $0~
