| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Telemonitoring in patients with heart failure.
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N Engl J Med
|
2010
|
10.82
|
|
2
|
Strategies for reducing the door-to-balloon time in acute myocardial infarction.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2006
|
8.18
|
|
3
|
Stereotactic body radiation therapy versus intensity-modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer: comparison of toxicity.
|
J Clin Oncol
|
2014
|
6.62
|
|
4
|
An administrative claims measure suitable for profiling hospital performance on the basis of 30-day all-cause readmission rates among patients with heart failure.
|
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes
|
2008
|
6.00
|
|
5
|
Hospital quality for acute myocardial infarction: correlation among process measures and relationship with short-term mortality.
|
JAMA
|
2006
|
5.06
|
|
6
|
Effect of door-to-balloon time on mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2006
|
4.11
|
|
7
|
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
|
|
8
|
Proton versus intensity-modulated radiotherapy for prostate cancer: patterns of care and early toxicity.
|
J Natl Cancer Inst
|
2012
|
3.72
|
|
9
|
Relationship between time of day, day of week, timeliness of reperfusion, and in-hospital mortality for patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
|
JAMA
|
2005
|
3.46
|
|
10
|
Racial and ethnic differences in time to acute reperfusion therapy for patients hospitalized with myocardial infarction.
|
JAMA
|
2004
|
3.45
|
|
11
|
Patterns of use and short-term complications of breast brachytherapy in the national medicare population from 2008-2009.
|
J Clin Oncol
|
2012
|
3.34
|
|
12
|
Assessing the impact of a cooperative group trial on breast cancer care in the medicare population.
|
J Clin Oncol
|
2012
|
3.07
|
|
13
|
Health and social services expenditures: associations with health outcomes.
|
BMJ Qual Saf
|
2011
|
2.98
|
|
14
|
Evaluating obstetrical residency programs using patient outcomes.
|
JAMA
|
2009
|
2.93
|
|
15
|
Effectiveness and cost of a transitional care program for heart failure: a prospective study with concurrent controls.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2011
|
2.88
|
|
16
|
Hospital strategies for reducing risk-standardized mortality rates in acute myocardial infarction.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2012
|
2.86
|
|
17
|
Race, quality of care, and outcomes of elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure.
|
JAMA
|
2003
|
2.77
|
|
18
|
Cluster randomised controlled trial of tailored interventions to improve the management of urinary tract infections in women and sore throat.
|
BMJ
|
2002
|
2.58
|
|
19
|
Improvements in door-to-balloon time in the United States, 2005 to 2010.
|
Circulation
|
2011
|
2.13
|
|
20
|
Hospice characteristics and the disenrollment of patients with cancer.
|
Health Serv Res
|
2009
|
1.86
|
|
21
|
Interdisciplinary staffing patterns: do for-profit and nonprofit hospices differ?
|
J Palliat Med
|
2010
|
1.84
|
|
22
|
Medical messages in the media--barriers and solutions to improving medical journalism.
|
Health Expect
|
2003
|
1.84
|
|
23
|
Using alternative statistical formats for presenting risks and risk reductions.
|
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
|
2011
|
1.81
|
|
24
|
Impact of hospice disenrollment on health care use and medicare expenditures for patients with cancer.
|
J Clin Oncol
|
2010
|
1.81
|
|
25
|
Quality improvement efforts and hospital performance: rates of beta-blocker prescription after acute myocardial infarction.
|
Med Care
|
2005
|
1.73
|
|
26
|
Hospital improvement in time to reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction, 1999 to 2002.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2005
|
1.69
|
|
27
|
Comparison of directed and self-directed learning in evidence-based medicine: a randomised controlled trial.
|
Med Educ
|
2005
|
1.64
|
|
28
|
National efforts to improve door-to-balloon time results from the Door-to-Balloon Alliance.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2009
|
1.57
|
|
29
|
Blind faith? The effects of promoting active sick leave for back pain patients: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2002
|
1.55
|
|
30
|
Quality of care in the US territories.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2011
|
1.49
|
|
31
|
A randomized outpatient trial of a decision-support information technology tool.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2005
|
1.49
|
|
32
|
Physician specialty and mortality among elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure.
|
Am J Med
|
2005
|
1.45
|
|
33
|
Association between physicians' experience after training and maternal obstetrical outcomes: cohort study.
|
BMJ
|
2013
|
1.42
|
|
34
|
Immediate open repair vs surveillance in patients with small abdominal aortic aneurysms: survival differences by aneurysm size.
|
Mayo Clin Proc
|
2013
|
1.39
|
|
35
|
Quality of palliative care at US hospices: results of a national survey.
|
Med Care
|
2011
|
1.30
|
|
36
|
Enrolling older persons in cancer trials: the effect of sociodemographic, protocol, and recruitment center characteristics.
|
J Clin Oncol
|
2005
|
1.30
|
|
37
|
The effect of alternative summary statistics for communicating risk reduction on decisions about taking statins: a randomized trial.
|
PLoS Med
|
2009
|
1.29
|
|
38
|
Variation in hospital mortality rates for patients with acute myocardial infarction.
|
Am J Cardiol
|
2010
|
1.28
|
|
39
|
Variation in recovery: Role of gender on outcomes of young AMI patients (VIRGO) study design.
|
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes
|
2010
|
1.26
|
|
40
|
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
|
|
41
|
Quality of care for acute myocardial infarction at urban safety-net hospitals.
|
Health Aff (Millwood)
|
2007
|
1.23
|
|
42
|
Framing of health information messages.
|
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
|
2011
|
1.23
|
|
43
|
Door-to-drug and door-to-balloon times: where can we improve? Time to reperfusion therapy in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
|
Am Heart J
|
2006
|
1.21
|
|
44
|
Improvements in US maternal obstetrical outcomes from 1992 to 2006.
|
Med Care
|
2010
|
1.12
|
|
45
|
Hospital-level performance improvement: beta-blocker use after acute myocardial infarction.
|
Med Care
|
2004
|
1.10
|
|
46
|
The effect of alternative graphical displays used to present the benefits of antibiotics for sore throat on decisions about whether to seek treatment: a randomized trial.
|
PLoS Med
|
2009
|
1.09
|
|
47
|
A randomized controlled trial of two strategies to implement active sick leave for patients with low back pain.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2002
|
1.07
|
|
48
|
The relation between methods and recommendations in clinical practice guidelines for hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
|
J Fam Pract
|
2002
|
1.06
|
|
49
|
Development and use of an administrative claims measure for profiling hospital-wide performance on 30-day unplanned readmission.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2014
|
1.05
|
|
50
|
Relation between hospital specialization with primary percutaneous coronary intervention and clinical outcomes in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: National Registry of Myocardial Infarction-4 analysis.
|
Circulation
|
2006
|
1.04
|
|
51
|
How do you deliver a good obstetrician? Outcome-based evaluation of medical education.
|
Acad Med
|
2014
|
1.03
|
|
52
|
Racial disparities in health literacy and access to care among patients with heart failure.
|
J Card Fail
|
2010
|
1.02
|
|
53
|
Effectiveness of the head CT choice decision aid in parents of children with minor head trauma: study protocol for a multicenter randomized trial.
|
Trials
|
2014
|
1.01
|
|
54
|
The adoption of new adjuvant radiation therapy modalities among Medicare beneficiaries with breast cancer: clinical correlates and cost implications.
|
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
|
2012
|
1.00
|
|
55
|
Patterns of moderate and vigorous physical activity in obese and overweight compared with non-overweight children.
|
Int J Pediatr Obes
|
2010
|
0.98
|
|
56
|
Access and quality of rural healthcare: Ethiopian Millennium Rural Initiative.
|
Int J Qual Health Care
|
2011
|
0.98
|
|
57
|
Impact of delay in door-to-needle time on mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
|
Am J Cardiol
|
2007
|
0.92
|
|
58
|
Team training and stroke rehabilitation outcomes: a cluster randomized trial.
|
Arch Phys Med Rehabil
|
2008
|
0.91
|
|
59
|
How should the impact of different presentations of treatment effects on patient choice be evaluated? A pilot randomized trial.
|
PLoS One
|
2008
|
0.91
|
|
60
|
A hospital-randomized controlled trial of an educational quality improvement intervention in rural and small community hospitals in Texas following implementation of information technology.
|
Am J Med Qual
|
2007
|
0.90
|
|
61
|
Variation in receipt of radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery: assessing the impact of physicians and geographic regions.
|
Med Care
|
2013
|
0.89
|
|
62
|
Use of new treatment modalities for non-small cell lung cancer care in the Medicare population.
|
Chest
|
2013
|
0.89
|
|
63
|
How good are the data? Feasible approach to validation of metrics of quality derived from an outpatient electronic health record.
|
Am J Med Qual
|
2011
|
0.89
|
|
64
|
Translating comparative effectiveness of depression medications into practice by comparing the depression medication choice decision aid to usual care: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
|
Trials
|
2013
|
0.88
|
|
65
|
The utility of shorter epochs in direct motion monitoring.
|
Res Q Exerc Sport
|
2009
|
0.87
|
|
66
|
What are hospitals doing to increase beta-blocker use?
|
Jt Comm J Qual Saf
|
2003
|
0.87
|
|
67
|
Changing trends in type 2 diabetes mellitus treatment intensification, 2002-2010.
|
Am J Manag Care
|
2015
|
0.87
|
|
68
|
National quality campaigns: who benefits?
|
Qual Saf Health Care
|
2010
|
0.86
|
|
69
|
Quality of care of Medicare patients with diabetes in a metropolitan fee-for-service primary care integrated delivery system.
|
Am J Med Qual
|
2005
|
0.86
|
|
70
|
Trends in race-based differences in door-to-balloon times.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2010
|
0.84
|
|
71
|
Sex, quality of care, and outcomes of elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure: findings from the National Heart Failure Project.
|
Am Heart J
|
2005
|
0.84
|
|
72
|
Effectiveness of the Chest Pain Choice decision aid in emergency department patients with low-risk chest pain: study protocol for a multicenter randomized trial.
|
Trials
|
2014
|
0.82
|
|
73
|
Predictors of cardiologist care for older patients hospitalized for heart failure.
|
Am Heart J
|
2004
|
0.80
|
|
74
|
Measuring team process for quality improvement.
|
Top Stroke Rehabil
|
2010
|
0.79
|
|
75
|
An algorithm for identifying physical activity patterns from motion data.
|
Pediatr Exerc Sci
|
2008
|
0.78
|
|
76
|
Patient-centeredness and timeliness in a primary care network: baseline analysis and power assessment for detection of the effects of an electronic health record.
|
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent)
|
2006
|
0.78
|
|
77
|
The effect of how outcomes are framed on decisions about whether to take antihypertensive medication: a randomized trial.
|
PLoS One
|
2010
|
0.78
|
|
78
|
Challenges in conducting a hospital-randomized trial of an educational quality improvement intervention in rural and small community hospitals.
|
Am J Med Qual
|
2008
|
0.77
|
|
79
|
Reply to L.W. Cuttino et al.
|
J Clin Oncol
|
2013
|
0.77
|
|
80
|
Patient-focused rehabilitation team cohesiveness in veterans administration hospitals.
|
Arch Phys Med Rehabil
|
2003
|
0.76
|
|
81
|
Response.
|
J Natl Cancer Inst
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
82
|
A hospital-randomized controlled trial of a formal quality improvement educational program in rural and small community Texas hospitals: one year results.
|
Int J Qual Health Care
|
2009
|
0.75
|
|
83
|
Long-term Outcomes After Stepping Down Asthma Controller Medications: A Claims-Based, Time-to-Event Analysis.
|
Chest
|
2015
|
0.75
|
|
84
|
Hospital Characteristics Associated With Risk-standardized Readmission Rates.
|
Med Care
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
85
|
An observational study of the relationship between meaningful use-based electronic health information exchange, interoperability, and medication reconciliation capabilities.
|
Medicine (Baltimore)
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
86
|
Regional Medicare Expenditures and Survival Among Older Women With Localized Breast Cancer.
|
Med Care
|
2017
|
0.75
|