Published in Med Care on July 01, 2002
Use of outpatient care in Veterans Health Administration and Medicare among veterans receiving primary care in community-based and hospital outpatient clinics. Health Serv Res (2010) 1.04
Utilization and expenditures of veterans obtaining primary care in community clinics and VA medical centers: an observational cohort study. BMC Health Serv Res (2007) 0.98
Determinants of contraceptive availability at medical facilities in the Department of Veterans Affairs. J Gen Intern Med (2006) 0.95
Association between process quality measures for heart failure and mortality among US veterans. Am Heart J (2014) 0.78
Release from prison--a high risk of death for former inmates. N Engl J Med (2007) 12.46
A randomized trial of vertebroplasty for osteoporotic spinal fractures. N Engl J Med (2009) 10.06
Hospital volume and the outcomes of mechanical ventilation. N Engl J Med (2006) 5.67
A randomized trial of epidural glucocorticoid injections for spinal stenosis. N Engl J Med (2014) 5.01
Temporal trends in the prevalence of diabetic kidney disease in the United States. JAMA (2011) 4.70
Surgery versus non-surgical therapy for carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomised parallel-group trial. Lancet (2009) 4.05
Effectiveness of vertebroplasty using individual patient data from two randomised placebo controlled trials: meta-analysis. BMJ (2011) 3.69
Sexual risk, nitrite inhalant use, and lack of circumcision associated with HIV seroconversion in men who have sex with men in the United States. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2005) 3.54
Effect of therapeutic footwear on foot reulceration in patients with diabetes: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA (2002) 2.91
A comparison between audio computer-assisted self-interviews and clinician interviews for obtaining the sexual history. Sex Transm Dis (2004) 2.62
Regression analysis of longitudinal binary data with time-dependent environmental covariates: bias and efficiency. Biostatistics (2005) 2.60
Potential confounding by exposure history and prior outcomes: an example from perinatal epidemiology. Epidemiology (2007) 2.45
Predictors of colorectal cancer screening participation in the United States. Am J Gastroenterol (2003) 2.43
Disparities in the adequacy of depression treatment in the United States. Psychiatr Serv (2004) 2.35
Data resources in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Diabetes Care (2004) 2.26
Apolipoprotein E genotype and neurodevelopmental sequelae of infant cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 2.25
Elevated prevalence of hepatitis C infection in users of United States veterans medical centers. Hepatology (2005) 2.21
Directly parameterized regression conditioning on being alive: analysis of longitudinal data truncated by deaths. Biostatistics (2005) 2.15
Prediction of diabetic foot ulcer occurrence using commonly available clinical information: the Seattle Diabetic Foot Study. Diabetes Care (2006) 2.13
Population-based trends in volumes and rates of ambulatory lumbar spine surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2006) 2.11
Three-year incidence of low back pain in an initially asymptomatic cohort: clinical and imaging risk factors. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2005) 2.05
Paraoxonase activity, but not haplotype utilizing the linkage disequilibrium structure, predicts vascular disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (2003) 2.01
Short-term improvements in disability mediate patient satisfaction after epidural corticosteroid injections for symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2015) 1.97
Partly conditional survival models for longitudinal data. Biometrics (2005) 1.94
Development of an index to characterize the "invasiveness" of spine surgery: validation by comparison to blood loss and operative time. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2008) 1.94
Vitamin C and E intake is associated with increased paraoxonase activity. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (2002) 1.93
The association between health insurance coverage and diabetes care; data from the 2000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Health Serv Res (2005) 1.91
Motor cortex organization after stroke is related to side of stroke and level of recovery. Stroke (2003) 1.91
VA community-based outpatient clinics: performance measures based on patient perceptions of care. Med Care (2002) 1.81
Multi-modality mediastinal staging for lung cancer among medicare beneficiaries. J Thorac Oncol (2009) 1.76
Repeat surgery after lumbar decompression for herniated disc: the quality implications of hospital and surgeon variation. Spine J (2011) 1.66
Towards standardized measurement of adverse events in spine surgery: conceptual model and pilot evaluation. BMC Musculoskelet Disord (2006) 1.64
Development of a predictive model for long-term survival after lung transplantation and implications for the lung allocation score. J Heart Lung Transplant (2010) 1.64
Medicaid prior authorization and controlled-release oxycodone. Med Care (2008) 1.61
Marginal modeling of multilevel binary data with time-varying covariates. Biostatistics (2004) 1.61
Analysis of longitudinal data to evaluate a policy change. Stat Med (2008) 1.51
Equivalence of two healthcare costing methods: bottom-up and top-down. Health Econ (2009) 1.49
Analysis of repeated pregnancy outcomes. Stat Methods Med Res (2006) 1.48
Marginal modeling of nonnested multilevel data using standard software. Am J Epidemiol (2006) 1.46
The influence of comorbid chronic medical conditions on the adequacy of depression care for older Americans. J Am Geriatr Soc (2005) 1.45
The clinical course of pain and function in older adults with a new primary care visit for back pain. J Am Geriatr Soc (2015) 1.44
INvestigational Vertebroplasty Efficacy and Safety Trial (INVEST): a randomized controlled trial of percutaneous vertebroplasty. BMC Musculoskelet Disord (2007) 1.38
An assessment of beliefs about mental health care among veterans who served in Iraq. Psychiatr Serv (2007) 1.36
Health-related quality of life, functional impairment, and healthcare utilization by veterans: veterans' quality of life study. J Am Geriatr Soc (2005) 1.36
Prospective accuracy for longitudinal markers. Biometrics (2007) 1.35
Genome-wide association study of plasma lipoprotein(a) levels identifies multiple genes on chromosome 6q. J Lipid Res (2009) 1.34
On outcome-dependent sampling designs for longitudinal binary response data with time-varying covariates. Biostatistics (2008) 1.32
Effectiveness of collaborative care for depression in human immunodeficiency virus clinics. Arch Intern Med (2011) 1.31
Evaluation of the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinics. Med Care (2002) 1.30
Apolipoprotein E genotype modifies the risk of behavior problems after infant cardiac surgery. Pediatrics (2009) 1.30
Safety and acceptability of the Reality condom for anal sex among men who have sex with men. AIDS (2003) 1.28
Organizational cost of quality improvement for depression care. Health Serv Res (2009) 1.28
The association between pain and disability. Pain (2004) 1.26
The effect of alcohol consumption on the prevalence of iron overload, iron deficiency, and iron deficiency anemia. Gastroenterology (2004) 1.26
Is cardiac diagnosis a predictor of neurodevelopmental outcome after cardiac surgery in infancy? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 1.24
Use of psychotherapy by rural and urban veterans. J Rural Health (2010) 1.22
Marginalized models for moderate to long series of longitudinal binary response data. Biometrics (2007) 1.21
Importance of health system context for evaluating utilization patterns across systems. Health Econ (2011) 1.20
Development of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for diabetes: the Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense guidelines initiative. Diabetes Care (2004) 1.20
Relationship between perceived stigma and depression severity. J Nerv Ment Dis (2004) 1.18
Increasing copayments and adherence to diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemic medications. Am J Manag Care (2010) 1.17
Semiparametric estimation of time-dependent ROC curves for longitudinal marker data. Biostatistics (2004) 1.14
Diabetes process and outcome measures in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Diabetes Care (2004) 1.13
Safety and efficacy of video-assisted versus conventional lung resection for lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 1.11
Cost-effectiveness analysis of a rural telemedicine collaborative care intervention for depression. Arch Gen Psychiatry (2010) 1.11
Analyzing longitudinal data to characterize the accuracy of markers used to select treatment. Stat Med (2014) 1.10
Trends in antidepressant utilization from 2001 to 2004. Psychiatr Serv (2009) 1.09
Daily weight-bearing activity does not increase the risk of diabetic foot ulcers. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2003) 1.08
VA community-based outpatient clinics: access and utilization performance measures. Med Care (2002) 1.08
The relationship between electrodiagnostic findings and patient symptoms and function in carpal tunnel syndrome. Arch Phys Med Rehabil (2007) 1.06
Use of outpatient care in Veterans Health Administration and Medicare among veterans receiving primary care in community-based and hospital outpatient clinics. Health Serv Res (2010) 1.04
Beliefs about depression and depression treatment among depressed veterans. Med Care (2008) 1.04
Analysis of recently identified dyslipidemia alleles reveals two loci that contribute to risk for carotid artery disease. Lipids Health Dis (2009) 1.03
Marginalized transition models for longitudinal binary data with ignorable and non-ignorable drop-out. Stat Med (2004) 1.02
Clinical utility of vertebroplasty: elevating the evidence. Radiology (2010) 1.02
Long-term effectiveness of screening for hearing loss: the screening for auditory impairment--which hearing assessment test (SAI-WHAT) randomized trial. J Am Geriatr Soc (2010) 1.01
Detection of the HE4 protein in urine as a biomarker for ovarian neoplasms. Cancer Lett (2010) 1.01
How bad is depression? Preference score estimates from depressed patients and the general population. Health Serv Res (2009) 1.01
A genetic expression profile associated with oral cancer identifies a group of patients at high risk of poor survival. Clin Cancer Res (2009) 1.00
Longitudinal structural mixed models for the analysis of surgical trials with noncompliance. Stat Med (2012) 1.00
A common VLDLR polymorphism interacts with APOE genotype in the prediction of carotid artery disease risk. J Lipid Res (2007) 0.99
Outpatient visit chaining among patients with serious mental illness. Med Care (2006) 0.99
Magnetic resonance imaging compared with electrodiagnostic studies in patients with suspected carpal tunnel syndrome: predicting symptoms, function, and surgical benefit at 1 year. J Neurosurg (2008) 0.98
Utilization and expenditures of veterans obtaining primary care in community clinics and VA medical centers: an observational cohort study. BMC Health Serv Res (2007) 0.98
The triple threat for chronic disease: obesity, race, and depression. Psychosomatics (2006) 0.98
Using a multi-level approach to implement a primary care mental health (PCMH) program. Fam Syst Health (2010) 0.97
Randomized trial of onsite versus referral primary medical care for veterans in addictions treatment. Med Care (2006) 0.97
Predisposing and enabling factors associated with mammography use among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women living in a rural area. J Rural Health (2009) 0.97
Outcomes of a partnered facilitation strategy to implement primary care-mental health. J Gen Intern Med (2014) 0.96
Racial differences in the relationship between hepatitis C infection and iron stores. Hepatology (2003) 0.95
TagSNP evaluation for the association of 42 inflammation loci and vascular disease: evidence of IL6, FGB, ALOX5, NFKBIA, and IL4R loci effects. Hum Genet (2006) 0.95
Outcome-dependent sampling for longitudinal binary response data based on a time-varying auxiliary variable. Stat Med (2011) 0.94
Colorectal cancer among Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.: survival disadvantage for the foreign-born. Cancer Detect Prev (2005) 0.93
On combining family-based and population-based case-control data in association studies. Biometrics (2010) 0.93
A general framework for estimating volume-outcome associations from longitudinal data. Stat Med (2011) 0.93
Investigational Vertebroplasty Efficacy and Safety Trial: detailed analysis of blinding efficacy. Radiology (2010) 0.92
TagSNP analyses of the PON gene cluster: effects on PON1 activity, LDL oxidative susceptibility, and vascular disease. J Lipid Res (2006) 0.92