[Geographical variations in mortality from conditions amenable to medical intervention in Europe. The Commission of the European Community: atlas of avoidable death]

A collaborative project concerned with the development of measures to evaluate health services in 10 member countries of the European Economic Community is presented. Mortality from 17 selected disease groups was compared across 380 health-service administrative areas in the participating countries. The authors suggest that the mortality differentials observed are of significance to health service administrators and that the high levels of moratlity in certain areas are indicative of health service failures. (SUMMARY IN ENG) (ANNOTATION)