Published in Med Care on June 01, 2002
Day of week of procedure and 30 day mortality for elective surgery: retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics. BMJ (2013) 5.68
Weekend hospitalization and additional risk of death: an analysis of inpatient data. J R Soc Med (2012) 3.77
Association between ICU admission during morning rounds and mortality. Chest (2009) 2.98
Do variations in hospital mortality patterns after weekend admission reflect reduced quality of care or different patient cohorts? A population-based study. BMJ Qual Saf (2013) 1.94
The Global Comparators project: international comparison of 30-day in-hospital mortality by day of the week. BMJ Qual Saf (2015) 1.80
Weekend admission to hospital has a higher risk of death in the elective setting than in the emergency setting: a retrospective database study of national health service hospitals in England. BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 1.68
Objective factors associated with physicians' and nurses' perceptions of intensive care unit capacity strain. Ann Am Thorac Soc (2014) 1.68
Impact of nighttime and weekend liver transplants on graft and patient outcomes. Liver Transpl (2012) 1.60
Off hour admission to an intensivist-led ICU is not associated with increased mortality. Crit Care (2009) 1.47
Effect of admission time on mortality in an intensive care unit in Mainland China: a propensity score matching analysis. Crit Care (2013) 1.43
Hospital mortality is associated with ICU admission time. Intensive Care Med (2010) 1.26
Effect of weekend hospital admission on gastrointestinal hemorrhage outcomes. Dig Dis Sci (2009) 1.22
Weekend admissions as an independent predictor of mortality: an analysis of Scottish hospital admissions. BMJ Open (2012) 0.99
Weekend hospitalisations and post-operative complications following urgent surgery for ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2013) 0.95
Pro/Con debate: should 24/7 in-house intensivist coverage be implemented? Crit Care (2008) 0.92
Exploring if day and time of admission is associated with average length of stay among inpatients from a tertiary hospital in Singapore: an analytic study based on routine admission data. BMC Health Serv Res (2006) 0.86
Hospital mortality among major trauma victims admitted on weekends and evenings: a cohort study. J Trauma Manag Outcomes (2009) 0.85
Predicting the cumulative risk of death during hospitalization by modeling weekend, weekday and diurnal mortality risks. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 0.84
Night and day in the VA: associations between night shift staffing, nurse workforce characteristics, and length of stay. Res Nurs Health (2014) 0.84
The effect of weekend versus weekday admission on outcomes of esophageal variceal hemorrhage. Can J Gastroenterol (2009) 0.83
Twenty-four/seven: a mixed-method systematic review of the off-shift literature. J Adv Nurs (2012) 0.80
Cost-effectiveness analysis of weekday and weeknight or weekend shifts for assessment of appendicitis. Pediatr Radiol (2005) 0.79
Outcome of holiday and nonholiday admission patients with acute peptic ulcer bleeding: a real-world report from southern Taiwan. Biomed Res Int (2014) 0.79
Outcomes of patients receiving maintenance dialysis admitted over weekends. Am J Kidney Dis (2013) 0.78
Community-onset bloodstream infection during the 'after hours' is not associated with an increased risk for death. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol (2012) 0.77
Medicine versus surgery/anesthesiology intensivists: a retrospective review and comparison of outcomes in a mixed medical-surgical-trauma ICU. Can J Surg (2013) 0.77
Off-hours admission and mortality in two pediatric intensive care units without 24-h in-house senior staff attendance. Intensive Care Med (2010) 0.77
The 'off-hour' effect in trauma care: a possible quality indicator with appealing characteristics. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med (2011) 0.76
Time from accident to admission to a burn intensive care unit: how long does it actually take? A 25-year retrospective data analysis from a german burn center. Ann Burns Fire Disasters (2016) 0.75
Assessing the Performance of a Medical Intensive Care Unit: A 5-year single-center Experience. Indian J Crit Care Med (2017) 0.75
Mortality Associated with Night and Weekend Admissions to ICU with On-Site Intensivist Coverage: Results of a Nine-Year Cohort Study (2006-2014). PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Effect of Weekend Admissions on the Treatment Process and Outcomes of Internal Medicine Patients: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study. Medicine (Baltimore) (2016) 0.75
Effects of time and day of admission on the outcome of critically ill patients admitted to ICU. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect (2016) 0.75
Weekend Admission for Acute Cholangitis Does Not Adversely Impact Clinical or Endoscopic Outcomes. Dig Dis Sci (2015) 0.75
Late-week surgical treatment of endometrial cancer is associated with worse long-term outcome: Results from a prospective, multicenter study. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Fulminant Clostridium difficile: an underappreciated and increasing cause of death and complications. Ann Surg (2002) 4.91
Effects of weekend admission and hospital teaching status on in-hospital mortality. Am J Med (2004) 3.71
Cardiac revascularization in specialty and general hospitals. N Engl J Med (2005) 3.44
Polypharmacy and prescribing quality in older people. J Am Geriatr Soc (2006) 3.39
Long-term mortality and quality of life after prolonged mechanical ventilation. Crit Care Med (2004) 3.36
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of Medicare patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty, 1991-2008. JAMA (2011) 3.09
Renal failure in the ICU: comparison of the impact of acute renal failure and end-stage renal disease on ICU outcomes. Kidney Int (2002) 3.07
Associations between reduced hospital length of stay and 30-day readmission rate and mortality: 14-year experience in 129 Veterans Affairs hospitals. Ann Intern Med (2012) 2.92
Hospital readmission in general medicine patients: a prediction model. J Gen Intern Med (2009) 2.63
Reliability of birth certificate data: a multi-hospital comparison to medical records information. Matern Child Health J (2002) 2.61
Finding pure and simple truths with administrative data. JAMA (2012) 2.58
Impacts of organizational context on quality improvement. Am J Med Qual (2012) 2.05
The aftermath of hip fracture: discharge placement, functional status change, and mortality. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 2.02
Cost of readmission: can the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) experience inform national payment policy? Med Care (2013) 2.02
Reporting medical errors to improve patient safety: a survey of physicians in teaching hospitals. Arch Intern Med (2008) 1.99
Hospital episodes and physician visits: the concordance between self-reports and medicare claims. Med Care (2007) 1.96
A comparison of total hip and knee replacement in specialty and general hospitals. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2007) 1.90
Certificate of need regulations and use of coronary revascularization after acute myocardial infarction. JAMA (2006) 1.89
Mortality in Medicare beneficiaries following coronary artery bypass graft surgery in states with and without certificate of need regulation. JAMA (2002) 1.85
Is there a July phenomenon? The effect of July admission on intensive care mortality and length of stay in teaching hospitals. J Gen Intern Med (2003) 1.77
An empirically derived taxonomy of factors affecting physicians' willingness to disclose medical errors. J Gen Intern Med (2006) 1.75
Association of communication between hospital-based physicians and primary care providers with patient outcomes. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 1.72
Agreement between drugs-to-avoid criteria and expert assessments of problematic prescribing. Arch Intern Med (2009) 1.70
The relationship between hearing impairment and depression in older veterans. J Am Geriatr Soc (2006) 1.63
Failure to recognize and act on abnormal test results: the case of screening bone densitometry. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2005) 1.61
The effect of burn center and burn center volume on the mortality of burned adults--an analysis of the data in the National Burn Repository. J Burn Care Res (2009) 1.60
Guiding inpatient quality improvement: a systematic review of Lean and Six Sigma. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2010) 1.60
Comparison of cardiac surgery volumes and mortality rates between the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Medicare databases from 1993 through 2001. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 1.54
Are older patients more satisfied with hospital care than younger patients? J Gen Intern Med (2003) 1.51
Limitations of hospital volume as a measure of quality of care for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.51
Insurance status and the transfer of hospitalized patients: an observational study. Ann Intern Med (2014) 1.49
Patient and hospital differences underlying racial variation in outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Circulation (2005) 1.49
Fee-based care is important for access to prompt treatment of hip fractures among veterans. Clin Orthop Relat Res (2013) 1.47
Inappropriate prescribing predicts adverse drug events in older adults. Ann Pharmacother (2010) 1.46
Hospital volume-outcome relationships among medical admissions to ICUs. Chest (2005) 1.45
Leaving against medical advice (AMA): risk of 30-day mortality and hospital readmission. J Gen Intern Med (2010) 1.43
Defining "rural" for veterans' health care planning. J Rural Health (2010) 1.43
Identifying potentially ineffective care in a community hospital. Crit Care Med (2002) 1.42
Nurse practitioner and physician assistant scope of practice in 118 acute care hospitals. J Hosp Med (2014) 1.41
Effectiveness of home telehealth in comorbid diabetes and hypertension: a randomized, controlled trial. Telemed J E Health (2011) 1.40
Hospital volume and selection of valve type in older patients undergoing aortic valve replacement surgery in the United States. Circulation (2005) 1.39
Disclosing medical errors to patients: attitudes and practices of physicians and trainees. J Gen Intern Med (2007) 1.32
A re-conceptualization of access for 21st century healthcare. J Gen Intern Med (2011) 1.31
Continuity of care with a primary care physician and mortality in older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2009) 1.27
Hospital costs in patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation: does age have an impact? Crit Care Med (2003) 1.26
Provider profiling and quality improvement efforts in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: the effect on short-term mortality among Medicare beneficiaries. Med Care (2003) 1.25
Paramedic intubation errors: isolated events or symptoms of larger problems? Health Aff (Millwood) (2006) 1.25
Beers criteria as a proxy for inappropriate prescribing of other medications among older adults. Ann Pharmacother (2011) 1.23
Dual use of Medicare and the Veterans Health Administration: are there adverse health outcomes? BMC Health Serv Res (2006) 1.22
Structuring payment to medical homes after the affordable care act. J Gen Intern Med (2014) 1.21
Racial differences in hospital use after acute myocardial infarction: does residential segregation play a role? Health Aff (Millwood) (2009) 1.19
An interpersonal continuity of care measure for Medicare Part B claims analyses. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2007) 1.19
The use of chiropractors by older adults in the United States. Chiropr Osteopat (2007) 1.19
Evaluation of home telehealth following hospitalization for heart failure: a randomized trial. Telemed J E Health (2008) 1.16
Distance is relative: unpacking a principal barrier in rural healthcare. J Gen Intern Med (2011) 1.15
Anticholinergic medications in community-dwelling older veterans: prevalence of anticholinergic symptoms, symptom burden, and adverse drug events. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother (2006) 1.14
A longitudinal study of chiropractic use among older adults in the United States. Chiropr Osteopat (2010) 1.12
Conflicts and concordance between measures of medication prescribing quality. Med Care (2007) 1.10
Mortality of Department of Veterans Affairs patients undergoing coronary revascularization in private sector hospitals. Health Serv Res (2007) 1.10
Emergency department utilization patterns among older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2008) 1.07
Patient and physician attitudes in the health care context: attitudinal symmetry predicts patient satisfaction and adherence. Ann Behav Med (2007) 1.06
Recent hospitalization and the risk of hip fracture among older Americans. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2009) 1.05
Comparison of rates of potentially inappropriate medication use according to the Zhan criteria for VA versus private sector medicare HMOs. J Manag Care Pharm (2006) 1.05
Part II, provider perspectives: should patients be activated to request evidence-based medicine? A qualitative study of the VA project to implement diuretics (VAPID). Implement Sci (2010) 1.04
Racial segregation and disparities in health care delivery: conceptual model and empirical assessment. Health Serv Res (2009) 1.04
Patient and physician beliefs about control over health: association of symmetrical beliefs with medication regimen adherence. J Gen Intern Med (2010) 1.03
Age and the risk of in-hospital death: insights from a multihospital study of intensive care patients. J Am Geriatr Soc (2002) 1.03
Failure to recognize newly identified aortic dilations in a health care system with an advanced electronic medical record. Ann Intern Med (2009) 1.02
Do hospitals with lower mortality have higher patient satisfaction? A regional analysis of patients with medical diagnoses. Am J Med Qual (2003) 1.02
Evaluation of a home-based colorectal cancer screening intervention in a rural state. J Rural Health (2013) 0.99
A curriculum for training quality scholars to improve the health and health care of veterans and the community at large. Qual Manag Health Care (2002) 0.99
Hospital characteristics and patient populations served by physician owned and non physician owned orthopedic specialty hospitals. BMC Health Serv Res (2007) 0.99
Facilitating and impeding factors for physicians' error disclosure: a structured literature review. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2006) 0.99
Risk of mortality associated with antipsychotic and other neuropsychiatric drugs in pneumonia patients. J Clin Psychopharmacol (2006) 0.98
Reasons for not prescribing guideline-recommended medications to adults with heart failure. Med Care (2013) 0.98
Associations with reduced length of stay and costs on an academic hospitalist service. Am J Manag Care (2004) 0.97
The need for organizational change in patient safety initiatives. Int J Med Inform (2006) 0.97
The Iowa Continuity of Care study: Background and methods. Am J Health Syst Pharm (2008) 0.96
Patient preference for and reports of provider behavior: impact of symmetry on patient outcomes. Health Psychol (2009) 0.96
Uncompensated care provided by for-profit, not-for-profit, and government owned hospitals. BMC Health Serv Res (2010) 0.96
Development and reliability testing of the clinical pharmacist recommendation taxonomy. Pharmacotherapy (2007) 0.95
Outcomes of a home telehealth intervention for patients with heart failure. J Telemed Telecare (2009) 0.95
Do hospitalists affect clinical outcomes and efficiency for patients with acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (UGIH)? J Hosp Med (2010) 0.95
Defining emergency department episodes by severity and intensity: A 15-year study of Medicare beneficiaries. BMC Health Serv Res (2010) 0.94
An advanced pharmacy practice experience in inpatient medication education. Am J Pharm Educ (2009) 0.94
Surgical volume and outcomes of off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Does it matter? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 0.94
Increasing colorectal cancer screening in an overdue population: participation and cost impacts of adding telephone calls to a FIT mailing program. J Community Health (2014) 0.94
Declining mortality following acute myocardial infarction in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2009) 0.93
Variations in the associations between psychiatric comorbidity and hospital mortality according to the method of identifying psychiatric diagnoses. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 0.93
Association of health literacy with medication knowledge, adherence, and adverse drug events among elderly veterans. J Health Commun (2012) 0.93
Sustainability of quality improvement following removal of pay-for-performance incentives. J Gen Intern Med (2013) 0.93
The Department of Veterans Affairs National Quality Scholars Fellowship Program: experience from 10 years of training quality scholars. Acad Med (2009) 0.93
Geriatric conditions, medication use, and risk of adverse drug events in a predominantly male, older veteran population. J Am Geriatr Soc (2011) 0.92
Findings from a national improvement collaborative: are improvements sustained? BMJ Qual Saf (2012) 0.92