| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
|
1
|
Effects of race and income on mortality and use of services among Medicare beneficiaries.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1996
|
9.46
|
|
2
|
Pre-enrollment reimbursement patterns of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in "at-risk" HMOs.
|
Health Care Financ Rev
|
1982
|
4.81
|
|
3
|
Twenty years of Medicare and Medicaid: covered populations, use of benefits, and program expenditures.
|
Health Care Financ Rev
|
1985
|
3.78
|
|
4
|
Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) randomized trials: study design.
|
Kidney Int
|
2006
|
2.85
|
|
5
|
Trends in Medicare reimbursement for end-stage renal disease: 1974-1979.
|
Health Care Financ Rev
|
1984
|
2.44
|
|
6
|
The Medicare experience with end-stage renal disease: trends in incidence, prevalence, and survival.
|
Health Care Financ Rev
|
1984
|
2.35
|
|
7
|
The first 3 years of Medicare prospective payment: an overview.
|
Health Care Financ Rev
|
1988
|
2.16
|
|
8
|
Magnitude of end-stage renal disease in IDDM: a 35 year follow-up study.
|
Kidney Int
|
1996
|
1.63
|
|
9
|
Thirty years of Medicare: impact on the covered population.
|
Health Care Financ Rev
|
1996
|
1.29
|
|
10
|
End state renal disease among Native Americans, 1983-86.
|
Am J Public Health
|
1990
|
1.26
|
|
11
|
Understanding disparities in the use of Medicare services.
|
Yale J Health Policy Law Ethics
|
2001
|
1.19
|
|
12
|
Trends in the US end-stage renal disease population: 1973-1983.
|
Am J Kidney Dis
|
1987
|
1.18
|
|
13
|
Access to recombinant erythropoietin by Medicare-entitled dialysis patients in the first year after FDA approval.
|
JAMA
|
1992
|
1.13
|
|
14
|
Early dosing practices and effectiveness of recombinant human erythropoietin.
|
Kidney Int
|
1993
|
1.07
|
|
15
|
Early adoption of cyclosporine and recombinant human erythropoietin: clinical, economic, and policy issues with emergence of high-cost drugs.
|
Am J Kidney Dis
|
1994
|
1.03
|
|
16
|
Prospective payment system and quality: early results and research strategy.
|
Health Care Financ Rev
|
1987
|
1.01
|
|
17
|
Development of an end-stage renal disease managed care demonstration.
|
Adv Ren Replace Ther
|
1997
|
0.95
|
|
18
|
Renal replacement therapy in the United States: data from the United States Renal Data System.
|
Am J Kidney Dis
|
1995
|
0.95
|
|
19
|
The relationship of provider organizational status and erythropoietin dosing in end stage renal disease patients.
|
Med Care
|
1994
|
0.93
|
|
20
|
A review of the first year of Medicare coverage of erythropoietin.
|
Health Care Financ Rev
|
1994
|
0.89
|
|
21
|
Trends in use, cost, and outcomes of human recombinant erythropoietin, 1989-98.
|
Health Care Financ Rev
|
1999
|
0.85
|
|
22
|
Recombinant erythropoietin and Medicare payment.
|
JAMA
|
1991
|
0.75
|
|
23
|
The effect of cyclosporine on the use of hospital resources for kidney transplantation.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1990
|
0.75
|
|
24
|
Patterns of utilization among members of a prepaid group practice.
|
Inquiry
|
1976
|
0.75
|
|
25
|
Epidemiology working group on morbidity and mortality of end-stage renal disease.
|
Am J Kidney Dis
|
1993
|
0.75
|