The comparative impact of video consultation on emergency neurosurgical referrals.

PubWeight™: 1.20‹?› | Rank: Top 10%

🔗 View Article (PMID 16955042)

Published in Neurosurgery on September 01, 2006

Authors

Hoi-tung Wong1, Wai-sang Poon, Philip Jacobs, Keith Y C Goh, Clarence H S Leung, Fei Lung Lau, Samuel Kwok, Stephanie Ng, Lydia Chow

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Neurosurgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Articles by these authors

(truncated to the top 100)

Adjuvant docetaxel for node-positive breast cancer. N Engl J Med (2005) 8.00

Work losses related to inflammatory bowel disease in Canada: results from a National Population Health Survey. Am J Gastroenterol (2003) 2.63

Work losses related to inflammatory bowel disease in the United States: results from the National Health Interview Survey. Am J Gastroenterol (2003) 1.80

Refining the measurement of the economic burden of chronic diseases in Canada. Chronic Dis Can (2004) 1.70

Cost-effectiveness of inhaled corticosteroids for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease according to disease severity. Am J Med (2004) 1.64

Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy for diabetic foot ulcers. Int J Technol Assess Health Care (2008) 1.57

The cost of major comorbidity in people with diabetes mellitus. CMAJ (2003) 1.47

MiR-637 maintains the balance between adipocytes and osteoblasts by directly targeting Osterix. Mol Biol Cell (2011) 1.46

Evaluation of the performance of a modified Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) scoring system for critically ill patients in emergency departments in Hong Kong. Resuscitation (2007) 1.38

Changes in drug use are associated with health-related quality of life improvements among methadone maintenance patients with HIV/AIDS. Qual Life Res (2011) 1.38

Costs associated with resource utilization during the palliative phase of care: a Canadian perspective. Palliat Med (2009) 1.38

The impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on work loss in the United States. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2002) 1.36

Cost-effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment for HIV-positive drug users in Vietnam. AIDS Care (2011) 1.33

Use of health services associated with increased menstrual loss in the United States. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2003) 1.29

Cost-effectiveness of integrating methadone maintenance and antiretroviral treatment for HIV-positive drug users in Vietnam's injection-driven HIV epidemics. Drug Alcohol Depend (2012) 1.29

A population-based analysis of healthcare utilization of persons with back disorders: results from the Canadian Community Health Survey 2000-2001. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2006) 1.24

Cost-effectiveness analysis of adjuvant docetaxel, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide (TAC) for node-positive breast cancer: modeling the downstream effects. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2008) 1.17

Transobturator tape compared with tension-free vaginal tape for stress incontinence: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol (2009) 1.17

Implications of ICU triage decisions on patient mortality: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Crit Care (2011) 1.14

The cost-effectiveness and budget impact of Vietnam's methadone maintenance treatment programme in HIV prevention and treatment among injection drug users. Glob Public Health (2012) 1.12

Socio-economic status and undiagnosed diabetes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract (2005) 1.12

Work loss associated with increased menstrual loss in the United States. Obstet Gynecol (2002) 1.10

Affordable health care for all Canadians? Crit Care Med (2004) 1.08

A 4-year review of pediatric mental health emergencies in Alberta. CJEM (2009) 1.07

Utilization and costs of the introduction of system-wide palliative care in Alberta, 1993-2000. Palliat Med (2005) 1.05

How does burnout affect physician productivity? A systematic literature review. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 1.03

Population-based analysis of obesity and workforce participation. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2006) 1.03

Prediction of prognosis in acute paraquat poisoning using severity scoring system in emergency department. Clin Toxicol (Phila) (2011) 1.01

Changes of cognitive functioning following mild traumatic brain injury over a 3-month period. Brain Inj (2008) 1.01

Specific bile acids inhibit hepatic fatty acid uptake in mice. Hepatology (2012) 1.01

A case series of accidental ingestion of hand warmer. Clin Toxicol (Phila) (2008) 0.99

Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of 10- and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Vaccine (2010) 0.98

Multilevel predictors of concurrent opioid use during methadone maintenance treatment among drug users with HIV/AIDS. PLoS One (2012) 0.97

Economic evaluation of a community-based pulmonary rehabilitation program for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Lung (2004) 0.96

Who comes back? Characteristics and predictors of return to emergency department services for pediatric mental health care. Acad Emerg Med (2010) 0.95

The personal costs of caring for a child with a disability: a review of the literature. Public Health Rep (2007) 0.93

The impact of the universal infant varicella immunization strategy on Canadian varicella-related hospitalization rates. Vaccine (2013) 0.92

Sensory ocular dominance based on resolution acuity, contrast sensitivity and alignment sensitivity. Clin Exp Optom (2008) 0.89

Cost effectiveness of enzyme immunoassay and immunoblot testing for the diagnosis of syphilis. Int J STD AIDS (2008) 0.89

Marginal cost of operating a positron emission tomography center in a regulatory environment. Int J Technol Assess Health Care (2005) 0.89

Reversal of Brugada electrocardiographic pattern with sodium bicarbonate solution after amitriptyline overdose. Clin Toxicol (Phila) (2008) 0.88

The ISAT trial. Lancet (2003) 0.87

Surgical management of stress urinary incontinence in women: safety, effectiveness and cost-utility of trans-obturator tape (TOT) versus tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) five years after a randomized surgical trial. BMC Womens Health (2011) 0.86

2004 MacLean-Mueller prize enteral or parenteral nutrition for severe pancreatitis: a randomized controlled trial and health technology assessment. Can J Surg (2005) 0.86

The cost of lung cancer in Alberta. Can Respir J (2007) 0.86

Cost-effectiveness of a brief two-stage emergency department intervention for high-risk elders: results of a quasi-randomized controlled trial. Ann Emerg Med (2003) 0.84

Acute renal failure and hepatitis following ingestion of carp gallbladder. Clin Toxicol (Phila) (2008) 0.84

Sibutramine-induced acute myocardial infarction in a young lady. Clin Toxicol (Phila) (2008) 0.84

Major depressive disorder and health care costs in multiple sclerosis. Int J Psychiatry Med (2002) 0.84

Measurement challenges of informal caregiving: a novel measurement method applied to a cohort of palliative care patients. Soc Sci Med (2010) 0.84

Advanced "tactile" medical imaging for separation surgeries of conjoined twins. Childs Nerv Syst (2004) 0.84

Identification of the HIT-45 protein from Trypanosoma brucei as an FHIT protein/dinucleoside triphosphatase: substrate specificity studies on the recombinant and endogenous proteins. RNA (2009) 0.83

Ruptured distal anterior choroidal artery aneurysm presenting with right intracerebral haematoma: clipping aided by subpial uncal resection. J Clin Neurosci (2003) 0.83

Outcomes of the introduction of the MOREOB continuing education program in Alberta. J Obstet Gynaecol Can (2010) 0.83

An estimate of the cost of burnout on early retirement and reduction in clinical hours of practicing physicians in Canada. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 0.83

Reprocessing and reuse of single-use medical devices: a national survey of Canadian acute-care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 0.82

Health care resource use and costs in Crohn's disease before and after infliximab therapy. Can J Gastroenterol (2011) 0.82

An economic model of long-term use of celecoxib in patients with osteoarthritis. BMC Gastroenterol (2007) 0.81

The trajectory of palliative care costs over the last 5 months of life: a Canadian longitudinal study. Palliat Med (2010) 0.81

The marginal cost of satellite versus in-center hemodialysis. Hemodial Int (2005) 0.81

International comparison of health resource utilization in subjects with diabetes: an analysis of Canadian and American national health surveys. Diabetes Care (2003) 0.81

Cervical arthroplasty with the Bryan disc. Neurosurgery (2005) 0.81

Noradrenaline-induced enhancement of oscillatory local field potentials in the mouse accessory olfactory bulb does not depend on disinhibition of mitral cells. Eur J Neurosci (2012) 0.81

The willingness to pay for reducing pain and pain-related disability. Value Health (2008) 0.81

Guidelines for health technologies: specific guidance for oncology products in Canada. Value Health (2012) 0.80

Economic implications of treatment guidelines for congestive heart failure. Can J Cardiol (2005) 0.80

A population-based analysis of health behaviours, chronic diseases and associated costs. Chronic Dis Can (2006) 0.80

The descriptive epidemiology of primary lung cancer in an Alberta cohort with a multivariate analysis of survival to two years. Can Respir J (2003) 0.80

Traumatic Brain Injury in the Elderly: Is it as Bad as we Think? Curr Transl Geriatr Exp Gerontol Rep (2012) 0.79

Potential impacts of the Alberta fetal alcohol spectrum disorder service networks on secondary disabilities: a cost-benefit analysis. J Popul Ther Clin Pharmacol (2013) 0.79

The effect of renal insufficiency on workforce participation in the United States: an analysis using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III data. Am J Kidney Dis (2002) 0.79

Endoscopic removal of iron bezoar following acute overdose. Clin Toxicol (Phila) (2008) 0.78

Health care costs of persons with newly diagnosed hepatitis C virus: a population-based, observational study. J Viral Hepat (2008) 0.78

The current status of autotitrating continuous positive airway pressure systems in the management of obstructive sleep apnea. Can Respir J (2005) 0.78

The distribution of mental health service costs for depression in the Alberta population. Can J Psychiatry (2012) 0.77

Zopiclone-associated methemoglobinemia and renal impairment. Clin Toxicol (Phila) (2008) 0.76

Validation of the modified radiosurgery-based arteriovenous malformation score in a linear accelerator radiosurgery experience in Hong Kong. J Clin Neurosci (2012) 0.76

Cost-effectiveness of combination therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Can Respir J (2008) 0.76

How do economic evaluations inform health policy decisions for treatment and prevention in Canada and the United States? Appl Health Econ Health Policy (2015) 0.76

Thiopurine methyltransferase enzyme activity determination before treatment of inflammatory bowel disease with azathioprine: effect on cost and adverse events. Can J Gastroenterol (2005) 0.76

Distribution and sharing of palliative care costs in rural areas of Canada. J Palliat Care (2014) 0.76

Older persons in the emergency medical care system. J Am Geriatr Soc (2002) 0.75

Hydroxocobalamin for acute cyanide poisoning in smoke inhalation. Ann Emerg Med (2008) 0.75

Cost-effectiveness of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug strategies: comment on the article by Spiegel et al. Arthritis Rheum (2006) 0.75

Beta-blockers are associated with reduced risk of myocardial infarction after cocaine use. Ann Emerg Med (2008) 0.75

Health care utilization and changes in health status over time for migraineurs. Pain Res Manag (2007) 0.75

Incentives and regional payments. Healthc Manage Forum (2003) 0.75

The impact of integrating mental and general health services on mental health's share of total health care spending in Alberta. Psychiatr Serv (2008) 0.75

Vaccine development costs: a review. Expert Rev Vaccines (2013) 0.75

Benefits of pharmaceutical innovation: the case of simvastatin in Canada. Int J Technol Assess Health Care (2012) 0.75

The direct public-sector costs for mental health in Alberta. Healthc Manage Forum (2005) 0.75

The Economic Contribution of Industry-Sponsored Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials. J Pharm Pharm Sci (2017) 0.75

Dextrose 50% as a better substitute for saturated salt solution in mothball float test. Clin Toxicol (Phila) (2010) 0.75

Dilatation and curettage: praxeology. J Obstet Gynaecol Can (2002) 0.75

Interventional neurophysiologic monitoring. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol (2004) 0.75

Sources of revenue for nonprofit mental health and addictions organizations in Canada. Psychiatr Serv (2010) 0.75

Nurse staffing and cost of care in adult intensive care units in a university hospital in Thailand. Nurs Health Sci (2008) 0.75

The relative cost of inpatient care in Manitoba's largest hospitals. Healthc Manage Forum (2002) 0.75

Comparing apples to apples: the relative financial performance of Manitoba's acute care hospitals. Healthc Manage Forum (2002) 0.75

Disability payments for persons with severe mental illness in Alberta, Canada. Psychiatr Serv (2009) 0.75