Published in Health Serv Res on August 01, 1992
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Nurse staffing and postsurgical adverse events: an analysis of administrative data from a sample of U.S. hospitals, 1990-1996. Health Serv Res (2002) 1.85
HMO penetration, competition, and risk-adjusted hospital mortality. Health Serv Res (2001) 1.76
Attitudes of hospital leaders toward publicly reported measures of health care quality. JAMA Intern Med (2014) 1.71
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The relationship between adjusted hospital mortality and the results of peer review. Health Serv Res (1993) 1.40
Insurance type and choice of hospital for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Health Serv Res (1998) 1.38
Referral selection bias in the Medicare hospital mortality prediction model: are centers of referral for Medicare beneficiaries necessarily centers of excellence? Health Serv Res (1994) 1.37
Mortality of Department of Veterans Affairs patients undergoing coronary revascularization in private sector hospitals. Health Serv Res (2007) 1.10
Weak associations between hospital mortality rates for individual diagnoses: implications for profiling hospital quality. Am J Public Health (1997) 1.07
Geographic variation in health care utilization and outcomes in veterans with acute myocardial infarction. J Gen Intern Med (2002) 0.95
Variations in the associations between psychiatric comorbidity and hospital mortality according to the method of identifying psychiatric diagnoses. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 0.93
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HCFA's health care quality improvement program: the medical informatics challenge. J Am Med Inform Assoc (1996) 0.76
Evaluation of HCFA's Medicare hospital mortality report. Health Serv Res (1993) 0.75
Deaths rates in public hospitals of eastern cape province of South Africa. Iran J Public Health (2012) 0.75
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Analysis of variations in mortality rates with small numbers. Health Serv Res (1994) 0.75
Hospital inpatient mortality. Is it a predictor of quality? N Engl J Med (1987) 6.88
Hospital characteristics and mortality rates. N Engl J Med (1989) 4.97
Outcome measurement: concepts and questions. Inquiry (1988) 2.95
MEDISGRPS: a clinically based approach to classifying hospital patients at admission. Inquiry (1985) 2.59
Hospital quality scorecards, patient severity, and the emerging value shopper. Hosp Health Serv Adm (1987) 1.18
Overlap index. An alternative to sensitivity and specificity in comparing the Utility of a laboratory test. Arch Pathol Lab Med (1984) 1.13
A comparison of observational studies and randomized, controlled trials. N Engl J Med (2000) 14.11
Graft-versus-leukemia reactions after bone marrow transplantation. Blood (1990) 7.11
Male circumcision and HIV infection: 10 years and counting. Lancet (1999) 6.63
Hospitalization costs associated with homelessness in New York City. N Engl J Med (1998) 5.90
Acceptability of male circumcision for prevention of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: a review. AIDS Behav (2006) 5.86
Relation of body fat distribution to metabolic complications of obesity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (1982) 5.60
Multi-system neurological disease is common in patients with OPA1 mutations. Brain (2010) 5.37
Hospital characteristics and mortality rates. N Engl J Med (1989) 4.97
Male circumcision: assessment of health benefits and risks. Sex Transm Infect (1998) 4.59
Cardiac rehabilitation after myocardial infarction. Combined experience of randomized clinical trials. JAMA (1988) 4.46
Racial and community factors influencing coronary artery bypass graft surgery rates for all 1986 Medicare patients. JAMA (1992) 4.36
Acceptability of male circumcision and predictors of circumcision preference among men and women in Nyanza Province, Kenya. AIDS Care (2005) 4.06
PROTHROMBIN DEFICIENCY AND THE EFFECTS OF VITAMIN K IN OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE AND BILIARY FISTULA. Ann Surg (1939) 3.88
Autoantibodies to ganglionic acetylcholine receptors in autoimmune autonomic neuropathies. N Engl J Med (2000) 3.57
Management of Massively Bleeding Peptic Ulcer. Ann Surg (1948) 3.53
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Regional variation in the incidence of hip fracture. US white women aged 65 years and older. JAMA (1990) 3.18
Rates of initial and recurrent thromboembolic disease among patients with malignancy versus those without malignancy. Risk analysis using Medicare claims data. Medicine (Baltimore) (1999) 2.85
Race and sex differences in mortality following fracture of the hip. Am J Public Health (1992) 2.63
Agreement of Medicare claims and tumor registry data for assessment of cancer-related treatment. Med Care (2000) 2.36
The sensitivity of Medicare claims data for case ascertainment of six common cancers. Med Care (1999) 2.21
Acceptability of male circumcision for prevention of HIV infection in Zambia. AIDS Care (2007) 2.02
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Hip fracture incidence among the old and very old: a population-based study of 745,435 cases. Am J Public Health (1990) 2.00
Risk factors for chronic graft-versus-host disease after HLA-identical sibling bone marrow transplantation. Blood (1990) 1.98
The relation of body fat distribution, as assessed by six girth measurements, to diabetes mellitus in women. Am J Public Health (1989) 1.94
The association of girth measurements with disease in 32,856 women. Am J Epidemiol (1984) 1.93
Surgery for colorectal cancer: Race-related differences in rates and survival among Medicare beneficiaries. Am J Public Health (1996) 1.83
Carboxyhemoglobin levels in American blood donors. JAMA (1974) 1.82
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
The association of obesity with joint pain and osteoarthritis in the HANES data. J Chronic Dis (1986) 1.78
Should HLA-identical sibling bone marrow transplants for leukemia be restricted to large centers? Blood (1992) 1.77
Association between juvenile onset obesity and severe adult obesity in 73, 532 women. Am J Public Health (1976) 1.73
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New insight into the catalytic mechanism of chorismate mutases from structural studies. Chem Biol (1995) 1.68
Using clinical variables to estimate the risk of patient mortality. Med Care (1991) 1.65
Relationship of gallbladder disease to parity, obesity, and age. Health Serv Rep (1973) 1.64
Characteristics of fatal ambulance crashes in the United States: an 11-year retrospective analysis. Prehosp Emerg Care (2001) 1.64
Clinical trials as a religion. Biomedicine (1978) 1.63
Alcohol-related hospitalizations of elderly people. Prevalence and geographic variation in the United States. JAMA (1993) 1.61
Patterns of endoscopic follow-up after surgery for nonmetastatic colorectal cancer. Gastrointest Endosc (2000) 1.59
Association between socioeconomic status and obesity in 59,566 women. Prev Med (1974) 1.58
The association of obesity with infertility and related menstural abnormalities in women. Int J Obes (1979) 1.57
The utility of Medicare claims data for measuring cancer stage. Med Care (1999) 1.54
Severe combined immunodeficiency disease. Characterization of the disease and results of transplantation. JAMA (1977) 1.54
Morbidity and mortality of incontinence surgery in elderly women: an analysis of Medicare data. Am J Obstet Gynecol (1997) 1.50
Association of simian immunodeficiency virus Nef with cellular serine/threonine kinases is dispensable for the development of AIDS in rhesus macaques. Nat Med (1997) 1.48
Graft failure following bone marrow transplantation for severe aplastic anemia: risk factors and treatment results. Blood (1989) 1.46
Seasonal variation in the incidence of hip fracture among white persons aged 65 years and older in the United States, 1984-1987. Am J Epidemiol (1991) 1.44
Interstitial pneumonitis after bone marrow transplantation. Assessment of risk factors. Ann Intern Med (1986) 1.42
Prestige of training programs and experience of bypass surgeons as factors in adjusted patient mortality rates. Med Care (1999) 1.41
Relationship of obesity to diabetes: influence of obesity level and body fat distribution. Prev Med (1983) 1.41
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Serotonin Release Following Instillation of Hypertonic Glucose into the Proximal Intestine. Ann Surg (1962) 1.38
Effect of rising percentage of female physicians on projections of physician supply. J Med Educ (1984) 1.37
The clinical, histochemical, and molecular spectrum of PEO1 (Twinkle)-linked adPEO. Neurology (2010) 1.36
The association of body weight with recurrent cancer of the breast. Cancer (1978) 1.35
The relationship of hospital characteristics and the results of peer review in six large states. Med Care (1991) 1.28
Rapid development of vaccine protection in macaques by live-attenuated simian immunodeficiency virus. J Gen Virol (1996) 1.27
Herpes simplex virus type 2 antibody detection performance in Kisumu, Kenya, using the Herpeselect ELISA, Kalon ELISA, Western blot and inhibition testing. Sex Transm Infect (2008) 1.26
Unmet needs of persons with cancer in Pennsylvania during the period of terminal care. Cancer (1988) 1.25
Cytological demonstration of mitotic crossing-over in man. Cytogenet Cell Genet (1976) 1.23
Relationship of ovesity and disease in 73,532 weight-conscious women. Public Health Rep (1975) 1.21
The relationship of hospital ownership and teaching status to 30- and 180-day adjusted mortality rates. Med Care (1994) 1.20
Bone marrow transplants may cure patients with acute leukemia never achieving remission with chemotherapy. Blood (1992) 1.19
Racial disparity in the incidence and case-fatality of colorectal cancer: analysis of 329 United States counties. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (1997) 1.19
Geographic and patient variation among Medicare beneficiaries in the use of follow-up testing after surgery for nonmetastatic colorectal carcinoma. Cancer (1999) 1.19
Precipitating antibodies to farmer's lung antigens in a Wisconsin farming population. Am Rev Respir Dis (1981) 1.18
Herpes simplex virus type 2 infection among young uncircumcised men in Kisumu, Kenya. Sex Transm Infect (2007) 1.14
Overlap index. An alternative to sensitivity and specificity in comparing the Utility of a laboratory test. Arch Pathol Lab Med (1984) 1.13
Risk of stroke in patients with atrial flutter. Am J Cardiol (2001) 1.12
A national population-based study of incidence of colorectal cancer and age. Implications for screening in older Americans. Cancer (1995) 1.12
Race and sex differences in long-term survival rates for elderly patients with pulmonary embolism. Am J Public Health (1998) 1.12
Observations on the Severely Wounded in Forward Field Hospitals: With Special Reference to Wound Shock. Ann Surg (1945) 1.12
Clinical survey of pigeon breeders. Chest (1972) 1.11
Epidemiologic oversight of the medical care provided to Medicare beneficiaries. Stat Med (1991) 1.11
The association of smoking with cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med (1984) 1.10
Correlation of rates of coronary artery bypass surgery, angioplasty, and cardiac catheterization in 305 large communities for persons age 65 and older. Health Serv Res (1995) 1.09
Localization by Q-banding of mitotic chiasmata in cases of Bloom's syndrome. Chromosoma (1976) 1.09
The effect of cessation of smoking on body weight in 57,032 women: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. J Chronic Dis (1977) 1.09
Comparing hospitals that perform coronary artery bypass surgery: the effect of outcome measures and data sources. Am J Public Health (1994) 1.09
Psychosocial outcomes for preschool children and families after surgery for complex congenital heart disease. Pediatr Cardiol (2007) 1.08
A syndrome of asymmetric limb weakness with motor conduction block. Neurology (1990) 1.08
Cerebral arterial aneurysm formation and rupture in 20,767 elderly patients: hypertension and other risk factors. J Neurosurg (1995) 1.08
Assessing providers of coronary revascularization: a method for peer review organizations. Am J Public Health (1992) 1.07