Published in CMAJ on May 28, 2002
Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ (2004) 26.08
How can research organizations more effectively transfer research knowledge to decision makers? Milbank Q (2003) 9.82
Quality of care in for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ (2009) 3.22
Payments for care at private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CMAJ (2004) 2.76
A systematic review of studies comparing health outcomes in Canada and the United States. Open Med (2007) 2.26
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 9: Assessing the applicability of the findings of a systematic review. Health Res Policy Syst (2009) 2.05
Measuring and explaining mortality in Dutch hospitals; the hospital standardized mortality rate between 2003 and 2005. BMC Health Serv Res (2008) 1.79
Competition in a publicly funded healthcare system. BMJ (2007) 1.68
Who owns and operates healthcare providers and does it matter? J R Soc Med (2008) 1.43
For-profit versus not-for-profit delivery of long-term care. CMAJ (2007) 1.40
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 17: Dealing with insufficient research evidence. Health Res Policy Syst (2009) 1.37
Intervention research in highly unstable environments. Res Nurs Health (2009) 1.16
Should Canadian physicians support parallel private health care? CMAJ (2005) 1.14
Disparities in postacute rehabilitation care for stroke: an analysis of the state inpatient databases. Arch Phys Med Rehabil (2011) 1.09
Your money and/or your life? CMAJ (2002) 1.04
What price for-profit hospitals? CMAJ (2002) 1.03
Disparities in post-acute rehabilitation care for joint replacement. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) (2011) 1.02
Comparing public and private hospitals in China: evidence from Guangdong. BMC Health Serv Res (2010) 0.99
The high costs of for-profit care. CMAJ (2004) 0.96
Uncompensated care provided by for-profit, not-for-profit, and government owned hospitals. BMC Health Serv Res (2010) 0.96
Effect of hospital ownership status and payment structure on the adoption and use of drug-eluting stents for percutaneous coronary interventions. CMAJ (2006) 0.93
Correlations among risk-standardized mortality rates and among risk-standardized readmission rates within hospitals. J Hosp Med (2012) 0.90
Hospitalist utilization and hospital performance on 6 publicly reported patient outcomes. J Hosp Med (2012) 0.86
Large regional differences in incidence of arthroscopic meniscal procedures in the public and private sector in Denmark. BMJ Open (2015) 0.85
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Effect of patient and hospital characteristics on outcomes of elective ventral hernia repair in the United States. Hernia (2013) 0.79
Do private clinics or expedited fees reduce disability duration for injured workers following knee surgery? Healthc Policy (2011) 0.77
Payments and quality of care in private for-profit and public hospitals in Greece. BMC Health Serv Res (2011) 0.77
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Sustaining canadian medicare. Healthc Policy (2008) 0.75
Are these results trustworthy? A guide for reading the medical literature. Avicenna J Med (2017) 0.75
Kickbacks and self-referral. CMAJ (2004) 0.75
Quality of care in for-profit hospitals. CMAJ (2002) 0.75
The Impact of Healthcare Privatization on Access to Surgical Care: Cholecystectomy as a Model. World J Surg (2016) 0.75
Misleading meta-analysis. BMJ (1995) 11.94
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Investigation of the relationship between volume and mortality for surgical procedures performed in New York State hospitals. JAMA (1989) 6.53
Hospital characteristics and mortality rates. N Engl J Med (1989) 4.97
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Lower Medicare mortality among a set of hospitals known for good nursing care. Med Care (1994) 4.04
Effects of admission to a teaching hospital on the cost and quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries. N Engl J Med (1999) 3.70
The future of health care in Canada. BMJ (2001) 2.53
Hospital medical staff organization and quality of care: results for myocardial infarction and appendectomy. Med Care (1981) 2.39
Alberta's Bill 11: will trade tribunals set domestic health policy? CMAJ (2001) 2.13
The association between for-profit hospital ownership and increased Medicare spending. N Engl J Med (1999) 2.12
Health care professional staffing, hospital characteristics, and hospital mortality rates. Pharmacotherapy (1999) 2.11
The effects of patient, hospital, and physician characteristics on length of stay and mortality. Med Care (1991) 2.09
Evaluation of the HCFA model for the analysis of mortality following hospitalization. Health Serv Res (1992) 1.99
Klein's surgical strike at Medicare. CMAJ (2000) 1.84
The effects of regulation, competition, and ownership on mortality rates among hospital inpatients. N Engl J Med (1988) 1.84
The association between hospital type and mortality and length of stay: a study of 16.9 million hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries. Med Care (2000) 1.78
HMO penetration, competition, and risk-adjusted hospital mortality. Health Serv Res (2001) 1.76
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Regional variation in Medicare hospital mortality. Inquiry (1992) 1.54
Modeling organizational determinants of hospital mortality. Health Serv Res (1991) 1.51
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Caesarean section rates in South Africa: evidence of bias among different 'population groups'. Ethn Health (1998) 1.21
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Hospital and pharmacy characteristics associated with mortality rates in United States hospitals. Pharmacotherapy (1995) 1.10
Can hospital structural and financial characteristics explain variations in mortality caused by acute myocardial infarction? Appl Nurs Res (1999) 1.05
The relationship of hospital structural and financial characteristics to mortality and length of stay in acute myocardial infarction patients. Outcomes Manag Nurs Pract (1998) 1.04
Treatment of acute myocardial infarction: does the type of hospital make a difference? PPAMI Study Group. Indian Heart J (1999) 1.00
Screening inpatient quality using post-discharge events. Med Care (1999) 0.96
Hospitals vary by LOS, charges, reimbursements and death rates. Nurs Manage (1989) 0.95
The role of profit status under imperfect information: evidence from the treatment patterns of elderly medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for psychiatric diagnoses. J Health Econ (2001) 0.91
Alberta ignores vocal opposition, presses ahead with law to expand role of private clinics. CMAJ (2000) 0.87
GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ (2008) 33.10
Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ (2004) 26.08
An official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT statement: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: evidence-based guidelines for diagnosis and management. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2011) 22.39
Critically ill patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infection in Canada. JAMA (2009) 13.00
GRADE guidelines: 1. Introduction-GRADE evidence profiles and summary of findings tables. J Clin Epidemiol (2010) 11.77
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa and North America: a meta-analysis. JAMA (2006) 11.71
Vasopressin versus norepinephrine infusion in patients with septic shock. N Engl J Med (2008) 11.00
GRADE guidelines: 3. Rating the quality of evidence. J Clin Epidemiol (2011) 10.02
Human papillomavirus DNA versus Papanicolaou screening tests for cervical cancer. N Engl J Med (2007) 9.53
Randomized trials stopped early for benefit: a systematic review. JAMA (2005) 8.43
New strains of bacteria and exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. N Engl J Med (2002) 7.87
Surgical mask vs N95 respirator for preventing influenza among health care workers: a randomized trial. JAMA (2009) 7.61
Withdrawal of mechanical ventilation in anticipation of death in the intensive care unit. N Engl J Med (2003) 7.32
Going from evidence to recommendations. BMJ (2008) 7.30
Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations I: critical appraisal of existing approaches The GRADE Working Group. BMC Health Serv Res (2004) 7.20
Knowledge translation of research findings. Implement Sci (2012) 7.17
What is "quality of evidence" and why is it important to clinicians? BMJ (2008) 6.99
A guide for the design and conduct of self-administered surveys of clinicians. CMAJ (2008) 6.72
Daily sedation interruption in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients cared for with a sedation protocol: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA (2012) 6.69
High-frequency oscillation in early acute respiratory distress syndrome. N Engl J Med (2013) 6.56
Intensive insulin therapy and mortality among critically ill patients: a meta-analysis including NICE-SUGAR study data. CMAJ (2009) 6.27
Use of evidence in WHO recommendations. Lancet (2007) 6.12
Optimal search strategies for retrieving scientifically strong studies of treatment from Medline: analytical survey. BMJ (2005) 6.08
An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Clinical Practice Guideline: Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. An Update of the 2011 Clinical Practice Guideline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2015) 6.03
Stopping randomized trials early for benefit and estimation of treatment effects: systematic review and meta-regression analysis. JAMA (2010) 5.90
Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines: 2010 revision. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2010) 5.80
GRADE guidelines: a new series of articles in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. J Clin Epidemiol (2010) 5.78
Probiotics for the prevention of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med (2012) 5.67
Parallel payers and preferred access: how Canada's Workers' Compensation Boards expedite care for injured and ill workers. Healthc Pap (2008) 5.62
Comparison of mortality between private for-profit and private not-for-profit hemodialysis centers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA (2002) 5.57
An official ATS statement: grading the quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in ATS guidelines and recommendations. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2006) 5.29
A Trial of Wound Irrigation in the Initial Management of Open Fracture Wounds. N Engl J Med (2015) 5.28
Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations for diagnostic tests and strategies. BMJ (2008) 5.16
GRADE guidelines: 4. Rating the quality of evidence--study limitations (risk of bias). J Clin Epidemiol (2011) 5.10
Genome sequence of Silicibacter pomeroyi reveals adaptations to the marine environment. Nature (2004) 5.00
Dalteparin versus unfractionated heparin in critically ill patients. N Engl J Med (2011) 4.59
Association between postoperative troponin levels and 30-day mortality among patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. JAMA (2012) 4.58
Effects of policy options for human resources for health: an analysis of systematic reviews. Lancet (2008) 4.55
Toward an understanding of transfusion-related acute lung injury: statement of a consensus panel. Transfusion (2004) 4.48
Internet versus mailed questionnaires: a randomized comparison (2). J Med Internet Res (2004) 4.45
The diabetes mellitus medication choice decision aid: a randomized trial. Arch Intern Med (2009) 4.41
Need for expertise based randomised controlled trials. BMJ (2005) 4.34
An observational study of orthopaedic abstracts and subsequent full-text publications. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2002) 4.25
Effect of influenza vaccination of children on infection rates in Hutterite communities: a randomized trial. JAMA (2010) 4.21
Quality councils as health system performance and accountability mechanisms: the Cancer Quality Council of Ontario experience. Healthc Pap (2006) 4.14
Fluid resuscitation in sepsis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med (2014) 3.96
Effect of a clinical pathway to reduce hospitalizations in nursing home residents with pneumonia: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA (2006) 3.83
Combined corticosteroid and antiviral treatment for Bell palsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA (2009) 3.81
A new 'mechanistic-practical" framework for designing and interpreting randomized trials. J Clin Epidemiol (2008) 3.75
The reporting of methodological factors in randomized controlled trials and the association with a journal policy to promote adherence to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) checklist. Control Clin Trials (2002) 3.62
GRADE guidelines: 2. Framing the question and deciding on important outcomes. J Clin Epidemiol (2010) 3.60
GRADE guidelines: 14. Going from evidence to recommendations: the significance and presentation of recommendations. J Clin Epidemiol (2013) 3.58
Physicians' and patients' choices in evidence based practice. BMJ (2002) 3.57
GRADE guidelines 6. Rating the quality of evidence--imprecision. J Clin Epidemiol (2011) 3.54
Is a subgroup effect believable? Updating criteria to evaluate the credibility of subgroup analyses. BMJ (2010) 3.54
Prognosis for gross motor function in cerebral palsy: creation of motor development curves. JAMA (2002) 3.51
Adverse effects of biologics: a network meta-analysis and Cochrane overview. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2011) 3.44
GRADE guidelines: 5. Rating the quality of evidence--publication bias. J Clin Epidemiol (2011) 3.44
The effect of selenium therapy on mortality in patients with sepsis syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Crit Care Med (2013) 3.43
Family satisfaction with care in the intensive care unit: results of a multiple center study. Crit Care Med (2002) 3.36
Barriers to full-text publication following presentation of abstracts at annual orthopaedic meetings. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2003) 3.36