Published in JAMA on March 07, 2007
Association of race and sex with risk of incident acute coronary heart disease events. JAMA (2012) 3.07
Regional variation in carotid artery stenting and endarterectomy in the Medicare population. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2009) 2.21
Understanding of regional variation in the use of surgery. Lancet (2013) 1.97
Hospital-physician collaboration: landscape of economic integration and impact on clinical integration. Milbank Q (2008) 1.66
Dishonesty in medicine revisited. Tex Heart Inst J (2008) 1.59
Access, quality, and costs of care at physician owned hospitals in the United States: observational study. BMJ (2015) 1.40
The impact of hospital cardiac specialization on outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: analysis of medicare claims data. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2010) 1.39
Variation in the use of lower extremity vascular procedures for critical limb ischemia. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2011) 1.20
The role of clinicians in determining radioactive iodine use for low-risk thyroid cancer. Cancer (2012) 1.17
Why physicians favor use of percutaneous coronary intervention to medical therapy: a focus group study. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 1.01
Hospital characteristics and patient populations served by physician owned and non physician owned orthopedic specialty hospitals. BMC Health Serv Res (2007) 0.99
Physician ownership of ambulatory surgery centers and practice patterns for urological surgery: evidence from the state of Florida. Med Care (2009) 0.95
Coronary revascularization at specialty cardiac hospitals and peer general hospitals in black Medicare beneficiaries. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2008) 0.92
The impact of new hospital orthopaedic surgery programs on total joint arthroplasty utilization. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2010) 0.86
Mentally ill Medicare patients less likely than others to receive certain types of surgery. Health Aff (Millwood) (2011) 0.81
Indications for percutaneous coronary interventions performed in US hospitals: a report from the NCDR®. Am Heart J (2012) 0.81
Attitudes of Family Physicians, Specialists and Radiologists about the Use of Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Ontario. Healthc Policy (2009) 0.80
Physician-owned specialty hospitals and coronary revascularization utilization: too much of a good thing? JAMA (2007) 0.79
Why U.S. health care expenditure and ranking on health care indicators are so different from Canada's. Int J Health Care Finance Econ (2008) 0.79
Governmental designation of spine specialty hospitals, their characteristics, performance and designation effects: a longitudinal study in Korea. BMJ Open (2014) 0.78
Observation Units as Substitutes for Hospitalization or Home Discharge. Ann Emerg Med (2015) 0.75
Healthcare Spending and Performance of Specialty Hospitals: Nationwide Evidence from Colorectal-Anal Specialty Hospitals in South Korea. Yonsei Med J (2015) 0.75
Percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes in US hospitals with varying structural characteristics: analysis of the NCDR®. Am Heart J (2012) 0.75
Medicare Spending and Evidence-Based Approach in Surgical Treatment of Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint Arthritis: 2001 to 2010. Plast Reconstr Surg (2016) 0.75
Specialty cardiac hospitals and coronary revascularization rates. JAMA (2007) 0.75
Participation in cancer clinical trials: race-, sex-, and age-based disparities. JAMA (2004) 14.05
Guest authorship and ghostwriting in publications related to rofecoxib: a case study of industry documents from rofecoxib litigation. JAMA (2008) 12.36
Exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation from medical imaging procedures. N Engl J Med (2009) 11.51
Telemonitoring in patients with heart failure. N Engl J Med (2010) 10.82
Variation in hospital mortality associated with inpatient surgery. N Engl J Med (2009) 9.39
Delayed time to defibrillation after in-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med (2008) 8.36
Strategies for reducing the door-to-balloon time in acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med (2006) 8.18
AHA/ACC guidelines for secondary prevention for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease: 2006 update: endorsed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Circulation (2006) 8.01
2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 7.94
Predictors of hospital mortality in the global registry of acute coronary events. Arch Intern Med (2003) 7.25
Nonvalidation of reported genetic risk factors for acute coronary syndrome in a large-scale replication study. JAMA (2007) 7.12
2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation (2012) 6.94
Trends in hospital volume and operative mortality for high-risk surgery. N Engl J Med (2011) 6.90
Trial publication after registration in ClinicalTrials.Gov: a cross-sectional analysis. PLoS Med (2009) 6.89
Duration of resuscitation efforts and survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest: an observational study. Lancet (2012) 6.60
Publication of NIH funded trials registered in ClinicalTrials.gov: cross sectional analysis. BMJ (2012) 6.39
Decline in rates of death and heart failure in acute coronary syndromes, 1999-2006. JAMA (2007) 6.06
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
The obesity paradox: body mass index and outcomes in patients with heart failure. Arch Intern Med (2005) 5.86
Sex-based differences in the effect of digoxin for the treatment of heart failure. N Engl J Med (2002) 5.74
Trends in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med (2012) 5.67
Medical therapy to facilitate urinary stone passage: a meta-analysis. Lancet (2006) 5.65
Predictors of survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2009) 5.65
Sex and racial differences in the management of acute myocardial infarction, 1994 through 2002. N Engl J Med (2005) 5.49
Imaging use among employed and self-employed urologists. J Urol (2010) 5.34
Diagnoses and timing of 30-day readmissions after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia. JAMA (2013) 5.27
National and regional trends in heart failure hospitalization and mortality rates for Medicare beneficiaries, 1998-2008. JAMA (2011) 5.16
Association of serum digoxin concentration and outcomes in patients with heart failure. JAMA (2003) 5.09
Hospital quality for acute myocardial infarction: correlation among process measures and relationship with short-term mortality. JAMA (2006) 5.06
Beta-blocker therapy and symptoms of depression, fatigue, and sexual dysfunction. JAMA (2002) 4.92
β-Blocker use and clinical outcomes in stable outpatients with and without coronary artery disease. JAMA (2012) 4.92
Reporting the recruitment process in clinical trials: who are these patients and how did they get there? Ann Intern Med (2002) 4.80
Surgical mortality as an indicator of hospital quality: the problem with small sample size. JAMA (2004) 4.76
National trends in use of computed tomography in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med (2011) 4.72
The ADVANTAGE seeding trial: a review of internal documents. Ann Intern Med (2008) 4.70
Hospital lymph node examination rates and survival after resection for colon cancer. JAMA (2007) 4.55
Regulatory review of novel therapeutics--comparison of three regulatory agencies. N Engl J Med (2012) 4.50
Representation of the elderly, women, and minorities in heart failure clinical trials. Arch Intern Med (2002) 4.45
Impact of medication therapy discontinuation on mortality after myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med (2006) 4.44
Consequences of inadequate sign-out for patient care. Arch Intern Med (2008) 4.39
Efficacy and safety of low-carbohydrate diets: a systematic review. JAMA (2003) 4.38
Trends in length of stay and short-term outcomes among Medicare patients hospitalized for heart failure, 1993-2006. JAMA (2010) 4.36
Improving quality of care for acute myocardial infarction: The Guidelines Applied in Practice (GAP) Initiative. JAMA (2002) 4.36
Risks associated with statin therapy: a systematic overview of randomized clinical trials. Circulation (2006) 4.35
Clostridium difficile ribotype does not predict severe infection. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 4.34
Association of physician certification and outcomes among patients receiving an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. JAMA (2009) 4.29
Incidence, predictors at admission, and impact of worsening renal function among patients hospitalized with heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol (2004) 4.14
Aortic dissection: new frontiers in diagnosis and management: Part I: from etiology to diagnostic strategies. Circulation (2003) 4.11
Effect of door-to-balloon time on mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 4.11
Role of intensive glucose control in development of renal end points in type 2 diabetes mellitus: systematic review and meta-analysis intensive glucose control in type 2 diabetes. Arch Intern Med (2012) 4.02
Recent national trends in readmission rates after heart failure hospitalization. Circ Heart Fail (2009) 3.95
Time to treatment in primary percutaneous coronary intervention. N Engl J Med (2007) 3.95
Partial thrombosis of the false lumen in patients with acute type B aortic dissection. N Engl J Med (2007) 3.92
What is the price of life and why doesn't it increase at the rate of inflation? Arch Intern Med (2003) 3.88
Long-term outcomes in elderly survivors of in-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med (2013) 3.85
Renal impairment and outcomes in heart failure: systematic review and meta-analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 3.85
When choosing statin therapy: the case for generics. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 3.80
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
2007 focused update of the ACC/AHA 2004 guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) 3.70
Complications, failure to rescue, and mortality with major inpatient surgery in medicare patients. Ann Surg (2009) 3.68
Decision making in advanced heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation (2012) 3.61
The 'Alternative Quality Contract,' based on a global budget, lowered medical spending and improved quality. Health Aff (Millwood) (2012) 3.55
Prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of premature discontinuation of thienopyridine therapy after drug-eluting stent placement: results from the PREMIER registry. Circulation (2006) 3.45
Baseline characteristics, management practices, and in-hospital outcomes of patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes in the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE). Am J Cardiol (2002) 3.45
Racial and ethnic differences in time to acute reperfusion therapy for patients hospitalized with myocardial infarction. JAMA (2004) 3.45
Transfers of patient care between house staff on internal medicine wards: a national survey. Arch Intern Med (2006) 3.43
Long-term prognosis of acute kidney injury after acute myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med (2008) 3.42
Relation between Medicare screening reimbursement and stage at diagnosis for older patients with colon cancer. JAMA (2006) 3.40
Relationship between heart failure treatment and development of worsening renal function among hospitalized patients. Am Heart J (2004) 3.37
Automated external defibrillators and survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest. JAMA (2010) 3.36
Recent declines in hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries: progress and continuing challenges. Circulation (2010) 3.32
Hospital volume, length of stay, and readmission rates in high-risk surgery. Ann Surg (2003) 3.31
Hospital variation in time to defibrillation after in-hospital cardiac arrest. Arch Intern Med (2009) 3.27
Monitoring clinical changes in patients with heart failure: a comparison of methods. Am Heart J (2005) 3.26
Contraindicated initiation of β-blocker therapy in patients hospitalized for heart failure. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 3.26
Hospital volume and operative mortality in cancer surgery: a national study. Arch Surg (2003) 3.21
Glucometrics in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction: defining the optimal outcomes-based measure of risk. Circulation (2008) 3.19
Outcomes in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction: mortality, readmission, and functional decline. J Am Coll Cardiol (2003) 3.19
Achieving rapid door-to-balloon times: how top hospitals improve complex clinical systems. Circulation (2006) 3.16