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Effective clinical practice : ECP (Eff Clin Pract)

Journal PubWeight™ 218.59‹?›

Top papers

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1 Chronic disease management: what will it take to improve care for chronic illness? 1999 16.57
2 Effect of a self-management program on patients with chronic disease. 2001 7.46
3 The healthcare cost and utilization project: an overview. 2002 3.49
4 Grading the evidence for diabetes performance measures. 2000 3.33
5 The Ottawa patient decision aids. 1999 3.22
6 Taking advantage of the explosion of systematic reviews: an efficient MEDLINE search strategy. 2001 3.13
7 Improving the safety of health care: the leapfrog initiative. 2001 2.97
8 Relation between parental restrictions on movies and adolescent use of tobacco and alcohol. 2002 2.86
9 What is an error? 2001 2.75
10 Misleading presentation of breast cancer in popular magazines. 2001 2.52
11 Failure of a continuous quality improvement intervention to increase the delivery of preventive services. A randomized trial. 2000 2.42
12 Reducing emergency visits in older adults with chronic illness. A randomized, controlled trial of group visits. 2001 2.40
13 Expected adverse events in a mass smallpox vaccination campaign. 2002 2.36
14 Potential reduction in mortality rates using an intensivist model to manage intensive care units. 2001 2.35
15 A population-based approach to diabetes management in a primary care setting: early results and lessons learned. 1999 2.26
16 A randomized trial of the use of patient self-assessment data to improve community practices. 1999 2.24
17 Sensationalism in the media: when scientists and journalists may be complicit collaborators. 2001 2.14
18 A CQI intervention to change the care of depression: a controlled study. 2001 2.07
19 Operative mortality with elective surgery in older adults. 2001 2.06
20 A randomized trial of aromatherapy to reduce anxiety before abortion. 2000 1.94
21 Intensive care unit nurse staffing and the risk for complications after abdominal aortic surgery. 2001 1.86
22 Meta-analysis of dietary restriction during fecal occult blood testing. 2001 1.84
23 Screening for diabetes mellitus in high-risk patients: cost, yield, and acceptability. 2001 1.80
24 Arguing about grades. 2000 1.77
25 Alternative explanations for poor report card performance. 2000 1.72
26 Telephone care as an adjunct to routine medical follow-up. A negative randomized trial. 2000 1.72
27 Changing disease definitions: implications for disease prevalence. Analysis of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994. 1999 1.69
28 How patients with diabetes perceive their risk for major complications. 2000 1.68
29 Caregiver perceptions of the reasons for delayed hospital discharge. 2001 1.66
30 The uneven landscape of newborn intensive care services: variation in the neonatology workforce. 2001 1.66
31 Cost-effectiveness of strategies to enhance mammography use. 2001 1.65
32 Veterans Health Administration inpatient and outpatient care data: an overview. 2002 1.64
33 Balancing the benefits of primary angioplasty against the benefits of thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: the importance of timing. 2001 1.57
34 Benchmarking the future generalist workforce. 2002 1.57
35 Cardiologists performing peripheral angioplasties: impact on utilization. 2001 1.56
36 Telephone counseling as an adjunct to antidepressant treatment in the primary care system. A pilot study. 2000 1.55
37 Impact of reducing antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis on patient satisfaction. 2001 1.55
38 Breast-feeding education and support: association with the decision to breast-feed. 2000 1.52
39 Pharmaceutical care and health care utilization in an HMO. 2002 1.48
40 Colorectal cancer screening in Massachusetts: measuring compliance with current guidelines. 2001 1.48
41 How can we help people make sense of medical data? 1999 1.45
42 Decision support and the appropriate use of fibrinolysis in myocardial infarction. 2001 1.44
43 Numeracy and the medical student's ability to interpret data. 2002 1.44
44 Direct admission to an extended-care facility from the emergency department. 1999 1.41
45 An outpatient program to treat deep venous thrombosis with low-molecular-weight heparin. 1999 1.40
46 The influence of organizational structure on physician satisfaction: findings from a national survey. 2000 1.40
47 If you care about women's health, perhaps you should care about the risks of direct marketing of tamoxifen to consumers. 2000 1.39
48 Complementary and alternative medicine use among health plan members. A cross-sectional survey. 2002 1.39
49 Randomized trial of fructosamine home monitoring in patients with diabetes. 2001 1.38
50 Improving general practice care of patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: evaluation of a quality system. 2000 1.37
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