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J Sanford Schwartz

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1 2013 ACC/AHA guideline on the treatment of blood cholesterol to reduce atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013 17.18
2 2013 ACC/AHA guideline on the treatment of blood cholesterol to reduce atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation 2013 16.52
3 2013 ACC/AHA guideline on the assessment of cardiovascular risk: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation 2013 10.24
4 2013 ACC/AHA guideline on the assessment of cardiovascular risk: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013 8.90
5 Survival associated with treatment vs observation of localized prostate cancer in elderly men. JAMA 2006 8.16
6 Transitional care of older adults hospitalized with heart failure: a randomized, controlled trial. J Am Geriatr Soc 2004 7.26
7 Does ovarian cancer treatment and survival differ by the specialty providing chemotherapy? J Clin Oncol 2007 5.14
8 Screening for colorectal neoplasms with new fecal occult blood tests: update on performance characteristics. J Natl Cancer Inst 2007 3.80
9 Rethinking randomized clinical trials for comparative effectiveness research: the need for transformational change. Ann Intern Med 2009 3.60
10 Predictors of adherence with antihypertensive and lipid-lowering therapy. Arch Intern Med 2005 3.19
11 Key principles for the improved conduct of health technology assessments for resource allocation decisions. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2008 2.64
12 Can we reliably benchmark health technology assessment organizations? Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2012 2.27
13 Hormone replacement therapy and life expectancy after prophylactic oophorectomy in women with BRCA1/2 mutations: a decision analysis. J Clin Oncol 2004 2.24
14 Examining the dimensions of cancer-related information seeking and scanning behavior. Health Commun 2007 2.20
15 Differences in the patterns of health care system distrust between blacks and whites. J Gen Intern Med 2008 2.20
16 Breast cancer screening: from science to recommendation. Radiology 2010 2.06
17 Barriers of and facilitators to physician recommendation of colorectal cancer screening. J Gen Intern Med 2007 2.05
18 Relationship of pulmonary artery catheter use to mortality and resource utilization in patients with severe sepsis. Crit Care Med 2003 1.72
19 Are Key Principles for improved health technology assessment supported and used by health technology assessment organizations? Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2010 1.70
20 Differences in information seeking among breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer patients: results from a population-based survey. Patient Educ Couns 2010 1.67
21 Role of androgen deprivation therapy for node-positive prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol 2008 1.61
22 Development of a revised Health Care System Distrust scale. J Gen Intern Med 2008 1.53
23 The financial burden of emergency department congestion and hospital crowding for chest pain patients awaiting admission. Ann Emerg Med 2005 1.48
24 Effect of framing as gain versus loss on understanding and hypothetical treatment choices: survival and mortality curves. Med Decis Making 2002 1.48
25 Cost-effectiveness analysis of the Lyme disease vaccine. Arthritis Rheum 2002 1.48
26 Treatment of blood cholesterol to reduce atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk in adults: synopsis of the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association cholesterol guideline. Ann Intern Med 2014 1.47
27 Association between utility and treatment among patients with prostate cancer. Qual Life Res 2010 1.39
28 Cancer information scanning and seeking in the general population. J Health Commun 2010 1.36
29 Patient-clinician information engagement increases treatment decision satisfaction among cancer patients through feeling of being informed. Patient Educ Couns 2009 1.34
30 Effect of the Medicare Part D coverage gap on medication use among patients with hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Ann Intern Med 2012 1.29
31 Association between prescription burden and medication adherence in patients initiating antihypertensive and lipid-lowering therapy. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2009 1.27
32 The 2011-2016 Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC) initiative: rationale and design. Cancer Causes Control 2013 1.26
33 Severe sepsis: variation in resource and therapeutic modality use among academic centers. Crit Care 2003 1.24
34 Will the Medicare prescription drug benefit eliminate cost barriers for older adults with diabetes mellitus? J Am Geriatr Soc 2006 1.18
35 The relationship between short-term mortality and quality of care for hip fracture: a meta-analysis of clinical pathways for hip fracture. J Am Geriatr Soc 2009 1.17
36 Predictors of adherence to concomitant antihypertensive and lipid-lowering medications in older adults: a retrospective, cohort study. Drugs Aging 2008 1.16
37 EBM, HTA, and CER: clearing the confusion. Milbank Q 2010 1.15
38 Market reform in New Jersey and the effect on mortality from acute myocardial infarction. Health Serv Res 2003 1.14
39 Seeking cancer-related information from media and family/friends increases fruit and vegetable consumption among cancer patients. Health Commun 2011 1.13
40 Interest in BRCA1/2 testing in a primary care population. Prev Med 2002 1.10
41 Cost concerns of patients with cancer. J Oncol Pract 2013 1.07
42 Limitations of current risk-adjustment models in the era of coronary stenting. Am Heart J 2003 1.07
43 The impact of concordant and discordant conditions on the quality of care for hyperlipidemia. J Gen Intern Med 2008 1.07
44 Physician attitudes regarding cardiovascular risk reduction: the gaps between clinical importance, knowledge, and effectiveness. Dis Manag 2005 1.04
45 Early use of clinical BRCA1/2 testing: associations with race and breast cancer risk. Am J Med Genet A 2003 0.99
46 Individualized survival curves improve satisfaction with cancer risk management decisions in women with BRCA1/2 mutations. J Clin Oncol 2005 0.99
47 A meta-analysis of the performance characteristics of the free prostate-specific antigen test. Urology 2006 0.99
48 Satisfaction with care: a measure of quality of care in prostate cancer patients. Med Decis Making 2009 0.97
49 Effects of scanning (routine health information exposure) on cancer screening and prevention behaviors in the general population. J Health Commun 2013 0.96
50 Risk information exposure and direct-to-consumer genetic testing for BRCA mutations among women with a personal or family history of breast or ovarian cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009 0.95
51 Racial differences in the impact of comorbidities on survival among elderly men with prostate cancer. Med Care Res Rev 2009 0.94
52 Principles for planning and conducting comparative effectiveness research. J Comp Eff Res 2012 0.93
53 Prevention Conference VI: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Writing Group III: risk assessment in persons with diabetes. Circulation 2002 0.92
54 Colon cancer patient information seeking and the adoption of targeted therapy for on-label and off-label indications. Cancer 2009 0.91
55 Racial and ethnic variation in health resource use and cost for prostate cancer. BJU Int 2010 0.91
56 Information seeking from media and family/friends increases the likelihood of engaging in healthy lifestyle behaviors. J Health Commun 2013 0.90
57 Impact of shortages of injectable oncology drugs on patient care. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2014 0.90
58 The burden of out-of-pocket and indirect costs of prostate cancer. Prostate 2010 0.88
59 Effect of patient comorbidities on filling of antihypertensive prescriptions. Am J Manag Care 2009 0.87
60 Effect of guidelines on primary care physician use of PSA screening: results from the Community Tracking Study Physician Survey. Med Decis Making 2008 0.87
61 Cervical spondylotic myelopathy surgical trial: randomized, controlled trial design and rationale. Neurosurgery 2014 0.86
62 Does synchronizing initiation of therapy affect adherence to concomitant use of antihypertensive and lipid-lowering therapy? Am J Ther 2009 0.82
63 An evaluation of four proposals to reduce the financial burden of medical education. Acad Med 2006 0.82
64 The effect of cuts in medicare reimbursement on hospital mortality. Health Serv Res 2006 0.82
65 Performing a cost analysis in spine outcomes research: comparing ventral and dorsal approaches for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Neurosurgery 2012 0.81
66 Initial evaluation of rectal bleeding in young persons: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Ann Intern Med 2002 0.80
67 Nonfinancial incentives for quality: a policy statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2006 0.78
68 Medicaid-based child restraint system disbursement and education and the vaccines for children program: comparative cost-effectiveness. Ambul Pediatr 2008 0.78
69 Functional outcome instruments used for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: interscale correlation and prediction of preference-based quality of life. Spine J 2013 0.77
70 Resource utilization among patients with sepsis syndrome. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2003 0.77
71 Hospital protocols for the inpatient care of older adults: results from a statewide survey. J Am Geriatr Soc 2010 0.77
72 Impact of body mass index on the incidence of cardiometabolic risk factors in ambulatory care settings over 5 years or more. Value Health 2009 0.77
73 Primary prevention of coronary heart disease with statins: it's not about the money. Circulation 2011 0.76
74 Benefits and risks of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy in women undergoing treatment for sporadic unilateral breast cancer: a decision analysis. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2015 0.76
75 Commentary: what conclusions can we draw from recent analyses of anesthesia provider model and patient outcomes? Health Serv Res 2010 0.75
76 Increased Patient Enrollment to a Randomized Surgical Trial Through Equipoise Polling of an Expert Surgeon Panel. Ann Surg 2016 0.75
77 Utility preference score measurement in women with fecal incontinence. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011 0.75
78 Changing access to emergency care for patients undergoing outpatient procedures at ambulatory surgery centers: evidence from Florida. Med Care Res Rev 2010 0.75