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Table 1 Summary of the gaps for various hospital medical services in Israel by district, 2012

From: Geographic variation in selected hospital procedures and services in the Israeli health care system

 

Hysterectomy

Caesarian sectionb

Knee Replacement

Surgery after hip fracture

Cardiac Catheterization

PTCAc

CABG

Hospital Medical Admissions

Standardized rate to −100,000 populationa

159.7

176.5

66.3

86.8

380.4

323.2

51.6

11,772.0

Coefficient of variation between regionsd

0.09

0.18

0.21

0.13

0.19

0.16

0.26

0.10

Ratio between regions (maximum /minimum) - RR

1.31

1.70

1.78

1.44

1.68

1.48

1.98

1.35

  1. aRates are standardized for age and gender to 100,000
  2. bCesarean rate is per 1,000 live births
  3. cPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
  4. dThe coefficient of variation is the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean and is a systematic component of variation
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Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

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