Published in J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci on November 01, 2002
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Prognosis communication in serious illness: perceptions of older patients, caregivers, and clinicians. J Am Geriatr Soc (2003) 3.13
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"That's like an act of suicide" patients' attitudes toward deactivation of implantable defibrillators. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 2.38
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Improvements in door-to-balloon time in the United States, 2005 to 2010. Circulation (2011) 2.13
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Communication between physicians and family caregivers about care at the end of life: when do discussions occur and what is said? J Palliat Med (2005) 2.05
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Delay from symptom onset to hospital presentation for patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med (2010) 1.73
Ownership status and patterns of care in hospice: results from the National Home and Hospice Care Survey. Med Care (2004) 1.72
Hospital improvement in time to reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction, 1999 to 2002. J Am Coll Cardiol (2005) 1.69
Hospital collaboration with emergency medical services in the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction: perspectives from key hospital staff. Ann Emerg Med (2012) 1.67
Fall-risk evaluation and management: challenges in adopting geriatric care practices. Gerontologist (2006) 1.66
"It's like crossing a bridge" complexities preventing physicians from discussing deactivation of implantable defibrillators at the end of life. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 1.63
US emergency department performance on wait time and length of visit. Ann Emerg Med (2009) 1.59
Factors associated with longer time from symptom onset to hospital presentation for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med (2008) 1.59
Changes in preferences for life-sustaining treatment among older persons with advanced illness. J Gen Intern Med (2007) 1.58
Informed consent for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: assessing variations in surgeon opinion through a national survey. J Vasc Surg (2008) 1.54
Educating leaders in hospital management: a new model in Sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Qual Health Care (2009) 1.51
Quality of care in the US territories. Arch Intern Med (2011) 1.49
A randomized outpatient trial of a decision-support information technology tool. Arch Intern Med (2005) 1.49
Length of hospice enrollment and subsequent depression in family caregivers: 13-month follow-up study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (2006) 1.48
The effect of spousal mental and physical health on husbands' and wives' depressive symptoms, among older adults: longitudinal evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey. J Aging Health (2004) 1.47
Will older persons and their clinicians use a shared decision-making instrument? J Gen Intern Med (2005) 1.46
Geographic access to hospice in the United States. J Palliat Med (2010) 1.46
Hospice care: what services do patients and their families receive? Health Serv Res (2007) 1.45
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Community health workers in low- and middle-income countries: what do we know about scaling up and sustainability? Am J Public Health (2013) 1.42
Goal setting as a shared decision making strategy among clinicians and their older patients. Patient Educ Couns (2006) 1.42
"Out of sight, out of mind": housestaff perceptions of quality-limiting factors in discharge care at teaching hospitals. J Hosp Med (2012) 1.38
Socioeconomic disparities in outcomes after acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J (2007) 1.36
Hospices' enrollment policies may contribute to underuse of hospice care in the United States. Health Aff (Millwood) (2012) 1.36
The persistence of depressive symptoms in older workers who experience involuntary job loss: results from the health and retirement survey. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2006) 1.35
What matters to seriously ill older persons making end-of-life treatment decisions?: A qualitative study. J Palliat Med (2003) 1.35
Influence of patients' socioeconomic status on clinical management decisions: a qualitative study. Ann Fam Med (2008) 1.34
"Learning by doing"--resident perspectives on developing competency in high-quality discharge care. J Gen Intern Med (2012) 1.34
Dissemination of the hospital elder life program: implementation, adaptation, and successes. J Am Geriatr Soc (2006) 1.33
Quality improvement: science and action. Circulation (2009) 1.32
Involuntary job loss as a risk factor for subsequent myocardial infarction and stroke: findings from the Health and Retirement Survey. Am J Ind Med (2004) 1.31
Hospital management in the context of health sector reform: a planning model in Ethiopia. Int J Health Plann Manage (2008) 1.31
Building capacity in health facility management: guiding principles for skills transfer in Liberia. Hum Resour Health (2010) 1.31
Quality of palliative care at US hospices: results of a national survey. Med Care (2011) 1.30
Female genital cutting: current practices and beliefs in western Africa. Bull World Health Organ (2011) 1.28
Centers speak up: the clinical context for health information technology in the ambulatory care setting. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 1.28
The Stressful Caregiving Adult Reactions to Experiences of Dying (SCARED) Scale: a measure for assessing caregiver exposure to distress in terminal care. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (2003) 1.25
Factors associated with caregiver burden among caregivers of terminally ill patients with cancer. J Palliat Care (2004) 1.24
The pre-hospital electrocardiogram and time to reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction, 2000-2002: findings from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction-4. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 1.24
Mixed methods in biomedical and health services research. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2013) 1.24
Quality of care for acute myocardial infarction at urban safety-net hospitals. Health Aff (Millwood) (2007) 1.23
Unmet desire for caregiver-patient communication and increased caregiver burden. J Am Geriatr Soc (2005) 1.23
Self-rated life expectancy as a predictor of mortality: evidence from the HRS and AHEAD surveys. Gerontology (2003) 1.23
US hospice industry experienced considerable turbulence from changes in ownership, growth, and shift to for-profit status. Health Aff (Millwood) (2012) 1.21
Survival after acute myocardial infarction (SAMI) study: the design and implementation of a positive deviance study. Am Heart J (2011) 1.19
Sources of ethical conflict in medical housestaff training: a qualitative study. Am J Med (2004) 1.17
Educating leaders in hospital management: a pre-post study in Ethiopian hospitals. Glob Public Health (2011) 1.17
Testing measurement reliability in older populations: methods for informed discrimination in instrument selection and application. J Aging Health (2007) 1.17
Improving access to hospice care: informing the debate. J Palliat Med (2008) 1.15
Blueprint for the dissemination of evidence-based practices in health care. Issue Brief (Commonw Fund) (2010) 1.13
Caring for grieving family members: results from a national hospice survey. Med Care (2012) 1.13
Valuing the outcomes of treatment: do patients and their caregivers agree? Arch Intern Med (2003) 1.12
The effect of recurrent involuntary job loss on the depressive symptoms of older US workers. Int Arch Occup Environ Health (2006) 1.10
National performance on door-in to door-out time among patients transferred for primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Arch Intern Med (2011) 1.08
Percentage of US emergency department patients seen within the recommended triage time: 1997 to 2006. Arch Intern Med (2009) 1.07
Has Hospice Use Changed? 2000-2010 Utilization Patterns. Med Care (2015) 1.07
Use of preventive care by the working poor in the United States. Prev Med (2006) 1.06
Managing health worker migration: a qualitative study of the Philippine response to nurse brain drain. Hum Resour Health (2012) 1.06
Bereavement services for family caregivers: how often used, why, and why not. J Palliat Med (2007) 1.06
Relation between hospital specialization with primary percutaneous coronary intervention and clinical outcomes in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: National Registry of Myocardial Infarction-4 analysis. Circulation (2006) 1.04
Delay in presentation and reperfusion therapy in ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Am J Med (2008) 1.04
Leadership development programs for physicians: a systematic review. J Gen Intern Med (2014) 1.02
Comparing hospital performance in door-to-balloon time between the Hospital Quality Alliance and the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol (2007) 1.01
Achieving goals in geriatric assessment: role of caregiver agreement and adherence to recommendations. J Am Geriatr Soc (2004) 1.01
The effect of comorbidity burden on health care utilization for patients with cancer using hospice. J Palliat Med (2011) 1.01
A brief questionnaire for assessing patient healthcare experiences in low-income settings. Int J Qual Health Care (2011) 1.00
Incorporating the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist into practice at two hospitals in Liberia. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2012) 0.99
Pain-related disability among older male veterans receiving primary care. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2002) 0.98
Development of a brief instrument for assessing healthcare employee satisfaction in a low-income setting. PLoS One (2013) 0.98
Changes in prognostic awareness among seriously ill older persons and their caregivers. J Palliat Med (2006) 0.97
Poor mental health in Ghana: who is at risk? BMC Public Health (2013) 0.96