| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
Hospital volume and surgical mortality in the United States.
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N Engl J Med
|
2002
|
25.79
|
|
2
|
Surgeon volume and operative mortality in the United States.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2003
|
16.97
|
|
3
|
Outpatient gatifloxacin therapy and dysglycemia in older adults.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2006
|
7.01
|
|
4
|
Factors associated with incomplete colonoscopy: a population-based study.
|
Gastroenterology
|
2007
|
5.30
|
|
5
|
Educational epidemiology: applying population-based design and analytic approaches to study medical education.
|
JAMA
|
2004
|
5.15
|
|
6
|
Bleeding and perforation after outpatient colonoscopy and their risk factors in usual clinical practice.
|
Gastroenterology
|
2008
|
3.71
|
|
7
|
Cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors versus non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and congestive heart failure outcomes in elderly patients: a population-based cohort study.
|
Lancet
|
2004
|
3.65
|
|
8
|
Association between waiting times and short term mortality and hospital admission after departure from emergency department: population based cohort study from Ontario, Canada.
|
BMJ
|
2011
|
3.50
|
|
9
|
Hospital volume, length of stay, and readmission rates in high-risk surgery.
|
Ann Surg
|
2003
|
3.31
|
|
10
|
The risk of missed diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction associated with emergency department volume.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2006
|
3.29
|
|
11
|
Risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome after seasonal influenza vaccination and influenza health-care encounters: a self-controlled study.
|
Lancet Infect Dis
|
2013
|
3.27
|
|
12
|
Risk-treatment mismatch in the pharmacotherapy of heart failure.
|
JAMA
|
2005
|
3.05
|
|
13
|
Hospital volume and late survival after cancer surgery.
|
Ann Surg
|
2007
|
2.93
|
|
14
|
Association between colonoscopy and colorectal cancer mortality in a US cohort according to site of cancer and colonoscopist specialty.
|
J Clin Oncol
|
2012
|
2.77
|
|
15
|
Primary care physician workforce and Medicare beneficiaries' health outcomes.
|
JAMA
|
2011
|
2.73
|
|
16
|
Association between colonoscopy rates and colorectal cancer mortality.
|
Am J Gastroenterol
|
2010
|
2.56
|
|
17
|
Natural experiment examining impact of aggressive screening and treatment on prostate cancer mortality in two fixed cohorts from Seattle area and Connecticut.
|
BMJ
|
2002
|
2.52
|
|
18
|
Human papillomavirus infection and incidence of squamous cell and basal cell carcinomas of the skin.
|
J Natl Cancer Inst
|
2006
|
2.40
|
|
19
|
Proliferation of prenatal ultrasonography.
|
CMAJ
|
2010
|
2.33
|
|
20
|
Race and surgical mortality in the United States.
|
Ann Surg
|
2006
|
2.31
|
|
21
|
The use of the propensity score for estimating treatment effects: administrative versus clinical data.
|
Stat Med
|
2005
|
2.31
|
|
22
|
Variation in nursing home antipsychotic prescribing rates.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2007
|
2.30
|
|
23
|
Do cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute have better surgical outcomes?
|
Cancer
|
2005
|
1.99
|
|
24
|
Proliferation of cardiac technology in Canada: a challenge to the sustainability of Medicare.
|
Circulation
|
2006
|
1.96
|
|
25
|
Regional intensity of vascular care and lower extremity amputation rates.
|
J Vasc Surg
|
2013
|
1.95
|
|
26
|
Life expectancy after an index hospitalization for patients with heart failure: a population-based study.
|
Am Heart J
|
2008
|
1.92
|
|
27
|
Survival after hepatic resection of colorectal cancer metastases: a national experience.
|
Cancer
|
2009
|
1.81
|
|
28
|
Regional differences in process of care and outcomes for older acute myocardial infarction patients in the United States and Ontario, Canada.
|
Circulation
|
2006
|
1.78
|
|
29
|
Atypical antipsychotics and parkinsonism.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2005
|
1.66
|
|
30
|
Guillain-Barré syndrome after influenza vaccination in adults: a population-based study.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2006
|
1.57
|
|
31
|
Volume and process of care in high-risk cancer surgery.
|
Cancer
|
2006
|
1.52
|
|
32
|
Assessment of cancer risk and environmental levels of arsenic in New Hampshire.
|
Int J Hyg Environ Health
|
2002
|
1.51
|
|
33
|
Surgeon specialty and operative mortality with lung resection.
|
Ann Surg
|
2005
|
1.46
|
|
34
|
The mortality benefit of direct trauma center transport in a regional trauma system: a population-based analysis.
|
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
|
2012
|
1.46
|
|
35
|
Disequilibrium between admitted and discharged hospitalized patients affects emergency department length of stay.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2009
|
1.44
|
|
36
|
Influence of medical journal press releases on the quality of associated newspaper coverage: retrospective cohort study.
|
BMJ
|
2012
|
1.41
|
|
37
|
Is surgery getting safer? National trends in operative mortality.
|
J Am Coll Surg
|
2002
|
1.26
|
|
38
|
Adjusting surgical mortality rates for patient comorbidities: more harm than good?
|
Surgery
|
2002
|
1.25
|
|
39
|
A controlled trial of methods for managing pain in primary care patients with or without co-occurring psychosocial problems.
|
Ann Fam Med
|
2006
|
1.25
|
|
40
|
Changing patterns in competing causes of death in men with prostate cancer: a population based study.
|
J Urol
|
2004
|
1.18
|
|
41
|
Prediction of heart failure mortality in emergent care: a cohort study.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2012
|
1.17
|
|
42
|
Prostate-specific antigen screening in elderly men.
|
J Natl Cancer Inst
|
2003
|
1.16
|
|
43
|
Volume matters: physician practice characteristics and immunization coverage among young children insured through a universal health plan.
|
Pediatrics
|
2006
|
1.16
|
|
44
|
Regional variation in cardiac catheterization appropriateness and baseline risk after acute myocardial infarction.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2008
|
1.14
|
|
45
|
Surge capacity associated with restrictions on nonurgent hospital utilization and expected admissions during an influenza pandemic: lessons from the Toronto severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2006
|
1.13
|
|
46
|
Nevus density and melanoma risk in women: a pooled analysis to test the divergent pathway hypothesis.
|
Int J Cancer
|
2009
|
1.13
|
|
47
|
Primary care physician supply and children's health care use, access, and outcomes: findings from Canada.
|
Pediatrics
|
2010
|
1.11
|
|
48
|
Measures of cumulative exposure from a standardized sun exposure history questionnaire: a comparison with histologic assessment of solar skin damage.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2007
|
1.11
|
|
49
|
Anthropometric factors and risk of melanoma in women: a pooled analysis.
|
Int J Cancer
|
2008
|
1.07
|
|
50
|
Effect of NSAIDs on the recurrence of nonmelanoma skin cancer.
|
Int J Cancer
|
2006
|
1.03
|
|
51
|
Tea consumption and basal cell and squamous cell skin cancer: results of a case-control study.
|
J Am Acad Dermatol
|
2007
|
1.02
|
|
52
|
Immunization coverage among young children of urban immigrant mothers: findings from a universal health care system.
|
Ambul Pediatr
|
2008
|
1.01
|
|
53
|
Reduction in Clostridium difficile infection rates after mandatory hospital public reporting: findings from a longitudinal cohort study in Canada.
|
PLoS Med
|
2012
|
1.01
|
|
54
|
The relationship between physician supply, cardiovascular health service use and cardiac disease burden in Ontario: supply-need mismatch.
|
Can J Cardiol
|
2008
|
0.99
|
|
55
|
Pregnancy history and incidence of melanoma in women: a pooled analysis.
|
Cancer Causes Control
|
2006
|
0.99
|
|
56
|
Survival of the fittest: the hidden cost of undertriage of major trauma.
|
J Am Coll Surg
|
2010
|
0.99
|
|
57
|
Screening, treatment, and prostate cancer mortality in the Seattle area and Connecticut: fifteen-year follow-up.
|
J Gen Intern Med
|
2008
|
0.99
|
|
58
|
Reported use of photosensitizing medications and basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin: results of a population-based case-control study.
|
J Invest Dermatol
|
2007
|
0.96
|
|
59
|
Multispecialty physician networks in Ontario.
|
Open Med
|
2013
|
0.95
|
|
60
|
Influenza vaccination and all-cause mortality in community-dwelling elderly in Ontario, Canada, a cohort study.
|
Vaccine
|
2010
|
0.91
|
|
61
|
Using observational data to estimate treatment effects.
|
JAMA
|
2007
|
0.88
|
|
62
|
Rates of complete colonic evaluation after incomplete colonoscopy and their associated factors: a population-based study.
|
Med Care
|
2009
|
0.87
|
|
63
|
Influence analysis for linear mixed-effects models.
|
Stat Med
|
2005
|
0.87
|
|
64
|
Risk of proximal and distal colorectal cancer following flexible sigmoidoscopy: a population-based cohort study.
|
Am J Gastroenterol
|
2008
|
0.87
|
|
65
|
The average lifespan of patients discharged from hospital with heart failure.
|
J Gen Intern Med
|
2012
|
0.86
|
|
66
|
Squamous cell and basal cell carcinoma of the skin in relation to radiation therapy and potential modification of risk by sun exposure.
|
Epidemiology
|
2007
|
0.86
|
|
67
|
Socioeconomic status, functional recovery, and long-term mortality among patients surviving acute myocardial infarction.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.86
|
|
68
|
Renal allograft loss during transition to adult healthcare services among pediatric renal transplant patients.
|
Transplantation
|
2009
|
0.86
|
|
69
|
Occupation and keratinocyte cancer risk: a population-based case-control study.
|
Cancer Causes Control
|
2007
|
0.85
|
|
70
|
Biologic markers of sun exposure and melanoma risk in women: pooled case-control analysis.
|
Int J Cancer
|
2010
|
0.84
|
|
71
|
Evaluating the effect of clinical decision units on patient flow in seven Canadian emergency departments.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2012
|
0.84
|
|
72
|
Surgical outcomes in women with ovarian cancer.
|
Can J Surg
|
2008
|
0.84
|
|
73
|
Impact of clinical urgency, physician supply and procedural capacity on regional variations in wait times for coronary angiography.
|
BMC Health Serv Res
|
2010
|
0.82
|
|
74
|
Oral contraceptives: a risk factor for squamous cell carcinoma?
|
J Invest Dermatol
|
2009
|
0.82
|
|
75
|
The role of ethnicity in predicting diabetes risk at the population level.
|
Ethn Health
|
2012
|
0.81
|
|
76
|
The association of asthma education centre characteristics on hospitalizations and emergency department visits in Ontario: a population-based study.
|
BMC Health Serv Res
|
2014
|
0.79
|
|
77
|
Obesity, lifestyle risk-factors, and health service outcomes among healthy middle-aged adults in Canada.
|
BMC Health Serv Res
|
2012
|
0.78
|
|
78
|
Analysis methods for observational studies: effects of cardiac rehabilitation on mortality of coronary patients.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2009
|
0.76
|
|
79
|
Thirty-day in-hospital revascularization and mortality rates after acute myocardial infarction in seven Canadian provinces.
|
Can J Cardiol
|
2010
|
0.76
|
|
80
|
The influence of measurement error on calibration, discrimination, and overall estimation of a risk prediction model.
|
Popul Health Metr
|
2012
|
0.75
|
|
81
|
Study design to determine the effects of widespread restrictions on hospital utilization to control an outbreak of SARS in Toronto, Canada.
|
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res
|
2006
|
0.75
|
|
82
|
Determinants of percutaneous coronary intervention vs coronary artery bypass grafting: an interprovincial comparison.
|
Can J Cardiol
|
2013
|
0.75
|