College programs also have wide variations in care.
(Geographical variations in care, by the way, exist in countries with nationalized health care, too).
But the audit also shows up big variations in care – and consequently the death rates in some hospitals are higher than others.
"There is a clear need for mental health services to focus on using evidence to improve practice and reduce variations in care.
There are few established guidelines for treating brain cancer in adults, resulting in wide variations in care that can make things even worse for patients, a study suggests.
The absence of clear, uniform consumer-oriented provider data is permitting wide variations in care to persist and driving costs unnecessarily higher.
Judith Abela, acting chief executive of Sands, said: "It's clear from today's report that variations in care across the UK persist and the risk of your baby dying remains influenced by where you live and who you are".
"It's clear from today's report that variations in care across the UK persist and the risk of your baby dying remains influenced by where you live and who you are," said Judith Abela, acting chief executive.
Janet Davies, chief executive of the RCN, said: "There are huge variations in care across the country and far too many vulnerable children are not getting the support they need.
These costs have skyrocketed because of wide variations in care, treatments that are inconsistent with medical evidence, a proliferation of new drugs and technologies with no system to evaluate their safety and efficacy, and an out-of-control medical liability system.
However, observational designs may be successfully applied when regional or temporal variations in care are studied.
