Published in Am J Geriatr Psychiatry on May 01, 2003
Place of death: correlations with quality of life of patients with cancer and predictors of bereaved caregivers' mental health. J Clin Oncol (2010) 3.78
Psychiatric disorders and mental health service use among caregivers of advanced cancer patients. J Clin Oncol (2005) 2.43
Advanced dementia research in the nursing home: the CASCADE study. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord (2006) 2.24
A multicenter study of key stakeholders' perspectives on communicating with surrogates about prognosis in intensive care units. Ann Am Thorac Soc (2015) 1.46
Hospice care: what services do patients and their families receive? Health Serv Res (2007) 1.45
Does palliative care improve quality? A survey of bereaved family members. J Pain Symptom Manage (2008) 1.09
Hospice providers' key approaches to support informal caregivers in managing medications for patients in private residences. J Pain Symptom Manage (2012) 0.96
Reciprocal suffering: caregiver concerns during hospice care. J Pain Symptom Manage (2010) 0.89
Hospice experiences and approaches to support and assess family caregivers in managing medications for home hospice patients: a providers survey. Palliat Med (2012) 0.86
Caregiver evaluation of the quality of end-of-life care (CEQUEL) scale: the caregiver's perception of patient care near death. PLoS One (2013) 0.85
Informal caregiving of hospice patients. J Palliat Med (2014) 0.84
Frequency and correlates of advance planning among cognitively impaired older adults. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (2008) 0.79
Psychometric properties of carer-reported outcome measures in palliative care: A systematic review. Palliat Med (2015) 0.78
Spousal Bereavement Following Cancer Death. Illn Crises Loss (2013) 0.78
Mental health and exposure to patient distress among families of nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Pain Symptom Manage (2011) 0.77
Understanding the treatment preferences of seriously ill patients. N Engl J Med (2002) 10.84
Patterns of hospital performance in acute myocardial infarction and heart failure 30-day mortality and readmission. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2009) 5.66
Days of delirium are associated with 1-year mortality in an older intensive care unit population. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2009) 4.69
Consequences of inadequate sign-out for patient care. Arch Intern Med (2008) 4.39
Qualitative and mixed methods provide unique contributions to outcomes research. Circulation (2009) 4.28
Effect of door-to-balloon time on mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 4.11
Longevity increased by positive self-perceptions of aging. J Pers Soc Psychol (2002) 4.04
Time to treatment in primary percutaneous coronary intervention. N Engl J Med (2007) 3.95
Times to treatment in transfer patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States: National Registry of Myocardial Infarction (NRMI)-3/4 analysis. Circulation (2005) 3.78
Prognosis communication in serious illness: perceptions of older patients, caregivers, and clinicians. J Am Geriatr Soc (2003) 3.13
African-American/White differences in breast carcinoma: p53 alterations and other tumor characteristics. Cancer (2004) 2.96
Impact of race on the professional lives of physicians of African descent. Ann Intern Med (2007) 2.92
Patients with depressive symptoms have lower health status benefits after coronary artery bypass surgery. Circulation (2005) 2.80
A campaign to improve the timeliness of primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Door-to-Balloon: An Alliance for Quality. JACC Cardiovasc Interv (2008) 2.69
What distinguishes top-performing hospitals in acute myocardial infarction mortality rates? A qualitative study. Ann Intern Med (2011) 2.65
Measuring performance for treating heart attacks and heart failure: the case for outcomes measurement. Health Aff (Millwood) (2007) 2.62
Driving times and distances to hospitals with percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States: implications for prehospital triage of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Circulation (2006) 2.40
"That's like an act of suicide" patients' attitudes toward deactivation of implantable defibrillators. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 2.38
Getting by: underuse of interpreters by resident physicians. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 2.21
Psychiatric disorders among bereaved persons: the role of perceived circumstances of death and preparedness for death. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (2002) 2.19
Longitudinal benefit of positive self-perceptions of aging on functional health. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2002) 2.16
Improvements in door-to-balloon time in the United States, 2005 to 2010. Circulation (2011) 2.13
Religious coping is associated with the quality of life of patients with advanced cancer. J Palliat Med (2006) 2.09
Socioeconomic status and diagnosed diabetes incidence. Diabetes Res Clin Pract (2005) 2.08
Relationship between hospital readmission and mortality rates for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia. JAMA (2013) 2.06
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
Use of health care services by lower-income and higher-income uninsured adults. JAMA (2006) 2.01
Expanding the Andersen model: the role of psychosocial factors in long-term care use. Health Serv Res (2002) 2.00
"America's Best Hospitals" in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med (2007) 1.96
Depression and risk of heart failure among the elderly: a prospective community-based study. Psychosom Med (2002) 1.88
Fatigue and psychological distress in the working population: psychometrics, prevalence, and correlates. J Psychosom Res (2002) 1.88
Hospice characteristics and the disenrollment of patients with cancer. Health Serv Res (2009) 1.86
Interdisciplinary staffing patterns: do for-profit and nonprofit hospices differ? J Palliat Med (2010) 1.84
Impact of hospice disenrollment on health care use and medicare expenditures for patients with cancer. J Clin Oncol (2010) 1.81
Applying recursive partitioning to a prospective study of factors associated with adherence to mammography screening guidelines. Am J Epidemiol (2005) 1.75
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
Association between depression and elevated C-reactive protein. Psychosom Med (2003) 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
Sex differences in health status after coronary artery bypass surgery. Circulation (2003) 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
Factors associated with longer time from symptom onset to hospital presentation for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med (2008) 1.59
US emergency department performance on wait time and length of visit. Ann Emerg Med (2009) 1.59
Mammography screening of women in their 40s: impact of changes in screening guidelines. Cancer (2008) 1.54
Informed consent for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: assessing variations in surgeon opinion through a national survey. J Vasc Surg (2008) 1.54
Explaining the race difference in prostate cancer stage at diagnosis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2008) 1.51
Educating leaders in hospital management: a new model in Sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Qual Health Care (2009) 1.51
Inadequate follow-up of abnormal screening mammograms: findings from the race differences in screening mammography process study (United States). Cancer Causes Control (2005) 1.50
Quality of care in the US territories. Arch Intern Med (2011) 1.49
Depression among surviving caregivers: does length of hospice enrollment matter? Am J Psychiatry (2004) 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
Geographic access to hospice in the United States. J Palliat Med (2010) 1.46
Will older persons and their clinicians use a shared decision-making instrument? J Gen Intern Med (2005) 1.46
A prospective study of perceived susceptibility to breast cancer and nonadherence to mammography screening guidelines in African American and White women ages 40 to 79 years. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2004) 1.46
Hospice care: what services do patients and their families receive? Health Serv Res (2007) 1.45
The association between treatment preferences and trajectories of care at the end-of-life. J Gen Intern Med (2007) 1.44
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
Neighborhood- and individual-level socioeconomic variation in perceptions of racial discrimination. Ethn Health (2010) 1.41
Neighborhood-level socioeconomic predictors of nonadherence to mammography screening guidelines. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2007) 1.39
"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
Prognostic significance of psychosocial factors in African-American and white breast cancer patients: a population-based study. Cancer (2003) 1.36
Hospices' enrollment policies may contribute to underuse of hospice care in the United States. Health Aff (Millwood) (2012) 1.36
What matters to seriously ill older persons making end-of-life treatment decisions?: A qualitative study. J Palliat Med (2003) 1.35
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
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
Building capacity in health facility management: guiding principles for skills transfer in Liberia. Hum Resour Health (2010) 1.31
Hospital management in the context of health sector reform: a planning model in Ethiopia. Int J Health Plann Manage (2008) 1.31
Quality of palliative care at US hospices: results of a national survey. Med Care (2011) 1.30
Assessment of patient preferences: integrating treatments and outcomes. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2002) 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
Perceived racial discrimination and nonadherence to screening mammography guidelines: results from the race differences in the screening mammography process study. Am J Epidemiol (2007) 1.27
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