From the Dartmouth Atlas website, pick an example of variation in utilization that you believe is “unwarranted” Variation can be at geographic level (hospital referral areas, hospital service areas, states, counties, etc.) or at the hospital level (care at end of life) Here is the link for the site: https://data.dartmouthatlas.org/ While you can pick any example of variation you want, I would encourage you to pick an example of variation in utilization Do not pick variation in mortality, costs/spending/reimbursement, or resource inputs (FTEs, beds, etc.) that are reported in some files or tables Describe the range of factors that you believe may contribute to the variation Pick one factor that you think is important (or that something can be done about it), and make suggestions for interventions to reduce the variation