Articles

1. Geographic and socioeconomic variation in treatment of elderly prostate cancer patients in Norway – a national register-based study

   • Elin Marthinussen Gustavsen
   • Erik Skaaheim Haug
   • Beate Hauglann

   Original Paper Open access 15 May 2024 Article: 8

   

2. Choosing a maternity hospital: a matter of travel distance or quality of care?

   • Daniela Koller
   • Werner Maier
   • Ralf Strobl

   Original Paper Open access 09 May 2024 Article: 7

   

3. Maternal and child health care access to skilled delivery services among Ghanaian rural mothers

   • Awinaba Amoah Adongo
   • Jonathan Mensah Dapaah
   • John Nachinaab Onzaberigu

   Original Paper Open access 24 April 2024 Article: 6

   

4. From static snapshots to dynamic panoramas: the evolution and future vision of palliative care atlas in cross-national perspectives

   • Vilma A. Tripodoro
   • Juan José Pons
   • Carlos Centeno

   Original Paper Open access 18 April 2024 Article: 5

   

5. End-of-life cohorts from the Dartmouth Institute: risk adjustment across health care markets, the relative efficiency of chronic illness utilization, and patient experiences near the end of life

   • Kristen K. Bronner
   • David C. Goodman

   Review Paper Open access 29 March 2024 Article: 4

   

6. Residential variations in hypertension prevalence and trends among adults in Bangladesh

   • Shahanaj Parvin
   • Salma Akter
   • Most Sifat Muntaha Soni

   Original Paper Open access 27 March 2024 Article: 3

   

7. Variations and value improvement in back pain care in one area of England

   • Jane Ferreira
   • Tim Wilson
   • Gwyn Bevan

   Brief Communication Open access 27 February 2024 Article: 2

   

8. Educational disparities in cancer incidence, stage, and survival in Oslo

   • Afaf Al-Rammahy
   • Elin Anita Fadum
   • Berit Horn Bringedal

   Original Paper Open access 29 January 2024 Article: 1

   

9. Data on regional availability and accessibility of abortion providers in Germany

   • Rona Torenz
   • Heike Vollmer
   • Daphne Hahn

   Original Paper Open access 15 December 2023 Article: 21

   

10. Correction: Direct and indirect barriers to hypothetical access to care among Canadian forces health services personnel

    • Jennifer Born
    • Christine Frank

    Correction Open access 08 December 2023 Article: 20

11. Impact of a community-based primary healthcare programme on childhood diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DPT3) immunisation coverage in rural northern Ghana

    • Edmund Wedam Kanmiki
    • Abdullah A. Mamun
    • Martin O’Flaherty

    Original Paper Open access 05 December 2023 Article: 18

    

12. Understanding regional variation in euthanasia using geomedical frameworks: a critical ethical reflection

    • A. Stef Groenewoud
    • Gert P. Westert
    • Theo A. Boer

    Original Paper Open access 29 November 2023 Article: 19

    

13. Differences in healthcare structures, processes and outcomes of neighbouring European countries: the example of Germany and the Netherlands

    • Lars Schwettmann
    • Axel Hamprecht
    • Falk Hoffmann

    Original Paper Open access 17 November 2023 Article: 17

    

14. Managing unwarranted variation in hospital care – findings from a regional audit in Norway

    • H. P. Eide
    • P. Barach
    • O. Tjomsland

    Original Paper Open access 15 November 2023 Article: 16

    

15. “The trip actually opened our eyes to things that we were supposed to do and we were not doing”: developing primary health care system leadership in a low-income country with peer exchanges

    • Mawuli Kushitor
    • Kalifa Wright
    • Ayaga A. Bawah

    Original Paper Open access 18 October 2023 Article: 15

    

16. Health and work: regional health reporting on employees in Germany

    • Matthias Richter
    • Karin Kliner
    • Dirk Rennert

    Original Paper Open access 13 September 2023 Article: 14

    

17. Statin adherence in patients enrolled in the disease management program for coronary artery disease – comparison between patients’ and general practitioners’ self-reports and patient records

    • Babak Salam
    • Anne Schrimpf
    • Markus Bleckwenn

    Original Paper Open access 06 September 2023 Article: 13

    

18. Factors associated with early newborn care practices in Bangladesh: evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey

    • Md. Saifullah Sakib
    • Tahmina Ferdous Tanny
    • Mehedi Hasan Manik

    Original Paper Open access 09 August 2023 Article: 12

    

19. Direct and indirect barriers to hypothetical access to care among Canadian forces health services personnel

    • Jennifer Born
    • Christine Frank

    Original Paper Open access 02 August 2023 Article: 11

20. Health reforms across the world: are they heading in the same direction, and how much change can we expect?

    • Tim Tenbensel

    Brief Communication Open access 29 June 2023 Article: 10

21. Geographic variation in the utilisation of specialist healthcare for patients with severe mental illness in Norway: a population-based registry study

    • Haji Kedir Bedane
    • Lars Lien
    • Per Arne Holman

    Original Paper Open access 27 June 2023 Article: 9

    

22. An investigation of the bio-medical waste produced in India during the COVID-19 pandemic and Maharashtra state (pre-COVID-19 and post-COVID-19) analysis: a GIS-based approach

    • Wasim Ayub Bagwan

    Original Paper Open access 28 April 2023 Article: 8

    

23. Initial steps for the Portuguese Atlas of geographical variation in healthcare

    • Francisco von Hafe
    • Salomé Azevedo
    • Ana Rita Londral

    Brief Communication Open access 07 April 2023 Article: 7

    

24. Effects of Covid-19 on the elective surgery: an approach based on the case of the Italian Province of Bolzano

    • Mirko Bonetti
    • Carla Melani

    Review Paper Open access 15 March 2023 Article: 6

25. Unwarranted variations in end-of-life care and the impact of using an electronic coordination system

    • Karen Chumbley
    • Tim Wilson
    • Andi Orlowski

    Brief Communication Open access 08 March 2023 Article: 5

    

26. The ambulatory care of patients with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19

    • Christoph Strumann
    • Wolfgang C. G. von Meißner
    • Jost Steinhäuser

    Original Paper Open access 22 February 2023 Article: 4

27. The atlas of variation in healthcare Brazil: remarkable findings from a middle-income country

    • Henrique Diegoli
    • Marcia Makdisse
    • Muir Gray

    Original Paper Open access 08 February 2023 Article: 2

    

28. The Swiss health care atlas—relaunch in scale

    • Reto Jörg
    • Jonathan Zufferey
    • Marcel Widmer

    Original Paper Open access 12 January 2023 Article: 3

    

29. Regional difference in multi-psychotropic drug prescription in Japan and its associated factors: an ecological study using national health insurance claims data

    • Tasuku Okui
    • Naoki Nakashima

    Brief Communication Open access 05 January 2023 Article: 1

    

30. C-sections and hospital characteristics: a long term analysis on low-risk deliveries

    • Inês Joaquim
    • Luís Nobre Pereira
    • Céu Mateus

    Original Paper Open access 14 December 2022 Article: 15

31. A severe shortage of hyperbaric units in Egypt: a call to fill this shortage

    • Ali Mohamed Ali Ismail

    Brief Communication Open access 07 December 2022 Article: 14

32. From data to practice change – exploring new territory for atlases of clinical variation

    • Jean-Frederic Levesque
    • Kim Sutherland

    Original Paper Open access 30 November 2022 Article: 13

    

33. The Austrian Health Information System “ÖGIS” – supporting implementation of the Public Health Action Cycle in Austria

    • G. Fülöp
    • S. Burgmann
    • S. Mathis-Edenhofer

    Original Paper Open access 24 November 2022 Article: 12

    

34. Atlas in progress – health care for patients with chronic illness

    • Hanne Sigrun Byhring
    • Barthold Vonen

    Brief Communication Open access 28 October 2022 Article: 11

35. Environmental Health Intelligence New Zealand (EHINZ): intelligence for public health action

    • Barry Borman
    • Carolin Haenfling
    • Patrick Hipgrave

    Original Paper Open access 21 September 2022 Article: 9

    

36. The Italian interregional performance evaluation system

    • Federico Vola
    • Vera Benedetto
    • Sabina Nuti

    Original Paper Open access 16 September 2022 Article: 10

    

37. Psoriasis care in Germany: do patients who receive better care travel longer?

    • Nicole Mohr
    • Anna Langenbruch
    • Valerie Andrees

    Original Paper Open access 30 August 2022 Article: 8

    

38. Exploring regional and sociodemographic disparities associated with unenrollment for the disease management program for type 2 Diabetes Mellitus using Bayesian spatial modelling

    • B Kauhl
    • M Vietzke
    • M Schönfelder

    Original Paper Open access 17 August 2022 Article: 7

    

39. The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care – bringing health care analyses to health systems, policymakers, and the public

    • Kristen K. Bronner
    • David C. Goodman

    Original Paper Open access 27 July 2022 Article: 6

    

40. Atlas VPM: two decades informing on unwarranted variations in health care in Spain

    • Ester Angulo-Pueyo
    • Micaela Comendeiro-Maaløe
    • on behalf of Atlas VPM group

    Brief Communication Open access 20 July 2022 Article: 5

    

41. Office hours and caesarean section: systematic review and Meta-analysis

    • Ilir Hoxha
    • Arber Lama
    • David C. Goodman

    Review Paper Open access 22 June 2022 Article: 4

    

42. Linguistic barriers in communication between oncologists and cancer patients with migration background in Germany: an explorative analysis based on the perspective of the oncologists from the mixed-methods study POM

    • Nicola Riccetti
    • Isabelle Hempler
    • Susanne Singer

    Original Paper Open access 22 June 2022 Article: 3

    

43. The association between social development and population health: a cross-sectional study across countries of different economic growth

    • Nikolaos Kontodimopoulos

    Original Paper Open access 22 June 2022 Article: 2

    

44. Welcome to research in health services & regions – methods, results, implementation

    • Stef Groenewoud
    • Daniela Koller
    • Thérèse Stukel

    Editorial Open access 22 June 2022 Article: 1