Published in Health Serv Res on October 01, 2002
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A randomized trial of rectal indomethacin to prevent post-ERCP pancreatitis. N Engl J Med (2012) 4.51
Treatment of hypertension in type 2 diabetes mellitus: blood pressure goals, choice of agents, and setting priorities in diabetes care. Ann Intern Med (2003) 3.81
Adherence to colorectal cancer screening: a randomized clinical trial of competing strategies. Arch Intern Med (2012) 3.79
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Lessons from the mammography wars. N Engl J Med (2010) 3.68
Narrative review: lack of evidence for recommended low-density lipoprotein treatment targets: a solvable problem. Ann Intern Med (2006) 3.50
Assessing and reporting heterogeneity in treatment effects in clinical trials: a proposal. Trials (2010) 3.45
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Use of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection prevention practices by US hospitals. Mayo Clin Proc (2007) 2.90
Racial disparities in diabetes care processes, outcomes, and treatment intensity. Med Care (2003) 2.88
Patients, privacy and trust: patients' willingness to allow researchers to access their medical records. Soc Sci Med (2006) 2.86
Building a better quality measure: are some patients with 'poor quality' actually getting good care? Med Care (2003) 2.85
Monitoring performance for blood pressure management among patients with diabetes mellitus: too much of a good thing? Arch Intern Med (2012) 2.75
Accepting critically ill transfer patients: adverse effect on a referral center's outcome and benchmark measures. Ann Intern Med (2003) 2.75
Pharmacologic lipid-lowering therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus: background paper for the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med (2004) 2.73
The role of clinical uncertainty in treatment decisions for diabetic patients with uncontrolled blood pressure. Ann Intern Med (2008) 2.55
When do patients and their physicians agree on diabetes treatment goals and strategies, and what difference does it make? J Gen Intern Med (2003) 2.51
The role of patient-physician trust in moderating medication nonadherence due to cost pressures. Arch Intern Med (2005) 2.50
The effect of chronic pain on diabetes patients' self-management. Diabetes Care (2005) 2.48
Beyond the randomized clinical trial: the role of effectiveness studies in evaluating cardiovascular therapies. Circulation (2008) 2.45
Preventing hospital-acquired urinary tract infection in the United States: a national study. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 2.42
Case management for patients with poorly controlled diabetes: a randomized trial. Am J Med (2004) 2.41
When more is not better: treatment intensification among hypertensive patients with poor medication adherence. Circulation (2008) 2.37
Brief report: the burden of diabetes therapy: implications for the design of effective patient-centered treatment regimens. J Gen Intern Med (2005) 2.32
The association between quality of care and the intensity of diabetes disease management programs. Ann Intern Med (2006) 2.32
Benchmarking physician performance: reliability of individual and composite measures. Am J Manag Care (2008) 2.28
Multivariable risk prediction can greatly enhance the statistical power of clinical trial subgroup analysis. BMC Med Res Methodol (2006) 2.27
Predictors of physician career satisfaction, work-life balance, and burnout. Obstet Gynecol (2007) 2.25
An IV for the RCT: using instrumental variables to adjust for treatment contamination in randomised controlled trials. BMJ (2010) 2.22
Veterans Affairs intensive care unit risk adjustment model: validation, updating, recalibration. Crit Care Med (2008) 2.17
Intensive care unit admitting patterns in the Veterans Affairs health care system. Arch Intern Med (2012) 2.16
Uninsured adults presenting to US emergency departments: assumptions vs data. JAMA (2008) 2.15
Variation in the net benefit of aggressive cardiovascular risk factor control across the US population of patients with diabetes mellitus. Arch Intern Med (2010) 2.06
Progression risk, urinary protein excretion, and treatment effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in nondiabetic kidney disease. J Am Soc Nephrol (2007) 2.00
Impact of the model for end-stage liver disease allocation policy on the use of high-risk organs for liver transplantation. Gastroenterology (2008) 1.95
Examining the evidence: a systematic review of the inclusion and analysis of older adults in randomized controlled trials. J Gen Intern Med (2011) 1.92
Latinas and breast cancer outcomes: population-based sampling, ethnic identity, and acculturation assessment. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2009) 1.88
Variation in outcomes in Veterans Affairs intensive care units with a computerized severity measure. Crit Care Med (2005) 1.88
The quality of pharmacologic care for adults in the United States. Med Care (2006) 1.85
Patterns and correlates of patient referral to surgeons for treatment of breast cancer. J Clin Oncol (2007) 1.84
How well do patients' assessments of their diabetes self-management correlate with actual glycemic control and receipt of recommended diabetes services? Diabetes Care (2003) 1.81
Does physician communication influence older patients' diabetes self-management and glycemic control? Results from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2007) 1.80
Treatment intensification and risk factor control: toward more clinically relevant quality measures. Med Care (2009) 1.79
Performance measurement in search of a path. N Engl J Med (2007) 1.78
Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the United States: a national comparative study. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 1.77
The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts in infection prevention: a multi-center qualitative study. Soc Sci Med (2010) 1.76
The impact of diabetes on workforce participation: results from a national household sample. Health Serv Res (2004) 1.70
Incremental benefit and cost-effectiveness of high-dose statin therapy in high-risk patients with coronary artery disease. Circulation (2007) 1.68
Specialty care and the patient-centered medical home. Med Care (2011) 1.68
Quality of health care for women: a demonstration of the quality assessment tools system. Med Care (2003) 1.66
Proactive case management of high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by a clinical pharmacist: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Manag Care (2005) 1.64
What causes pregnancy loss? Preexisting mental illness as an independent risk factor. Gen Hosp Psychiatry (2007) 1.63
All-or-nothing treatment targets make bad performance measures. Am J Manag Care (2007) 1.61
Marriage and cohabitation outcomes after pregnancy loss. Pediatrics (2010) 1.61
New diabetes HEDIS blood pressure quality measure: potential for overtreatment. Am J Manag Care (2010) 1.60
Area socioeconomic status and mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: the role of hospital volume. Am Heart J (2007) 1.57
Reporting clinical trial results to inform providers, payers, and consumers. Health Aff (Millwood) (2005) 1.57
Patient-provider concordance in the prioritization of health conditions among hypertensive diabetes patients. J Gen Intern Med (2010) 1.55
When there is too much to do: how practicing physicians prioritize among recommended interventions. J Gen Intern Med (2004) 1.53
Open-access electronic case report journals: the rationale for case report guidelines. J Clin Epidemiol (2013) 1.51
Impact of patient risk on the hospital volume-outcome relationship in coronary artery bypass grafting. Arch Intern Med (2005) 1.48
Comparing clinical automated, medical record, and hybrid data sources for diabetes quality measures. Jt Comm J Qual Improv (2002) 1.48
Sins of omission: getting too little medical care may be the greatest threat to patient safety. J Gen Intern Med (2005) 1.48
Comfort of general internists and general pediatricians in providing care for young adults with chronic illnesses of childhood. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 1.47
The quality of obstructive lung disease care for adults in the United States as measured by adherence to recommended processes. Chest (2006) 1.46
Quality of care for patients with multiple chronic conditions: the role of comorbidity interrelatedness. J Gen Intern Med (2013) 1.45
Shifting views on lipid lowering therapy. BMJ (2010) 1.44
Availability of data for measuring physician quality performance. Am J Manag Care (2009) 1.42
Effect of flexible sigmoidoscopy-based screening on incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. PLoS Med (2012) 1.38
Preventive counseling among women with histories of gestational diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care (2007) 1.37
Diabetes performance measures: current status and future directions. Diabetes Care (2011) 1.37
Interhospital transfers among Medicare beneficiaries admitted for acute myocardial infarction at nonrevascularization hospitals. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2010) 1.31
Patient-centered performance management: enhancing value for patients and health care systems. JAMA (2013) 1.29
Estimated cost-effectiveness of growth hormone therapy for idiopathic short stature. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2006) 1.28
Use of critical pathways to improve efficiency: a cautionary tale. Am J Manag Care (2003) 1.27
A multicenter qualitative study on preventing hospital-acquired urinary tract infection in US hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 1.26