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. 2016 Jul 14;49(4):230–239. doi: 10.3961/jpmph.16.034

Table 2.

The distributions of populations and the coefficient of variation of the utilization rates of the eight procedures in 14 countries

Country Distribution of populations
 CV of utilization rates of the eight procedures1
Geographic unit (total no. of units) Average of the population sizes of the units CV of population size CABG PTCA HIP KNEE HYS CSEC CT MRI
Australia2 Medicare locals (61) 365 966 0.56 0.21 0.24 0.23 0.19 0.20 0.10 N/A N/A
Belgium3 Provinces (11) 1 447 994 1.07 0.17 0.18 0.16 0.14 0.13 0.09 0.18 0.18
Canada4 Provinces/territories (13) 2 641 738 1.44 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Health regions (80) 418 413 1.06 0.25 0.22 N/A 0.32 0.27 0.16 0.36 0.32
Czech Republic5 Regions (14) 754 444 0.43 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Districts (77) 137 172 1.04 N/A N/A N/A 0.16 0.39 0.11 N/A N/A
Finland6 Hospital districts (20) 268 646 1.18 0.34 0.30 0.13 0.18 0.20 0.18 0.24 0.24
France7 Departments (96) 660 166 0.76 0.29 0.23 0.09 0.19 0.18 0.12 N/A N/A
Germany8,9 Lands (16) 5 074 846 0.92 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Spatial planning regions (96) 838 789 0.74 0.24 0.22 0.11 0.17 0.14 0.13 N/A N/A
Israel10 Districts (6) 1 251 900 0.26 0.27 0.12 0.14 0.28 0.23 0.16 N/A N/A
Italy11 Regions (20) 3 031 322 0.81 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Provinces (110) 551 150 1.09 0.30 0.23 0.14 0.20 0.17 0.29 N/A N/A
Portugal12 Groups of municipalities (28) 360 077 1.12 0.41 0.27 0.15 0.39 0.27 0.13 N/A N/A
Spain13 Autonomous communities (17) 2 741 286 0.89 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Provinces (50) 884 746 1.20 0.50 0.30 0.20 0.31 0.21 0.26 N/A N/A
Switzerland14 Cantons (26) 315 235 1.05 0.26 0.17 0.20 0.17 N/A 0.15 N/A N/A
UK/England15 Primary care trusts (151) 333 983 0.59 0.30 0.22 0.16 0.19 N/A 0.11 N/A N/A
OECD average16 1 226 549 0.90 0.30 0.23 0.16 0.22 0.22 0.15 0.26 0.25
Korea Districts (163) 313 751 2.87 0.50 0.22 0.15 0.26 0.16 0.20 0.12 0.15
New areal units (57) 897 219 1.67 0.32 0.21 0.16 0.21 0.12 0.17 0.09 0.16

CABG, coronary artery bypass graft surgery; PTCA, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; HIP, surgery after hip fracture; KNEE, knee-replacement surgery; HYS, hysterectomy; CSEC, caesarean section; CT, computed tomography scan; MRI, magnetic resonance image scan; CV, coefficient of variation; N/A, not available; OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

1

CVs of the OECD countries except Korea were extracted from Geographic variation in health care, OECD (2014).

Sources from 2Medicare local population estimates update 2012, Australian Government Department of Human Services;

3

Total regional population of Belgium 2012, Statistics Belgium;

4

Health indicators 2012, Canadian Institute for Health Information;

5

Czech Republic general information, Czech Statistical Office,

6

Geographic variation in health care, OECD (2014);

7

Population from 1968 to 2014, National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (France);

8

Spatial planning region by area and population, Federal Statistical Office (Germany);

9

Population on the basis of census, Federal Statistical Office (Germany);

10

Population, by District, Sub-District and Religion, Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel);

11

Demographic balance for the year 2011 and resident population on the 8th October, National Institute of Statistics (Italy);

12

Population provisional estimates of resident, National Institute of Statistics (Portugal);

13

Population and housing census 2011, National Statistics Institute (Spain);

14

Permanent resident population per canton, Swiss Federal Statistical Office;

15

NHS (England) summarised accounts 2010-2011, UK for the Stationery Office;

16

Calculated based on the information presented in this table.