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John D Birkmeyer

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1 Variation in hospital mortality associated with inpatient surgery. N Engl J Med 2009 9.39
2 Trends in hospital volume and operative mortality for high-risk surgery. N Engl J Med 2011 6.90
3 Imaging use among employed and self-employed urologists. J Urol 2010 5.34
4 Surgical mortality as an indicator of hospital quality: the problem with small sample size. JAMA 2004 4.76
5 Hospital lymph node examination rates and survival after resection for colon cancer. JAMA 2007 4.55
6 Complications, failure to rescue, and mortality with major inpatient surgery in medicare patients. Ann Surg 2009 3.68
7 Hospital volume, length of stay, and readmission rates in high-risk surgery. Ann Surg 2003 3.31
8 Hospital volume and operative mortality in cancer surgery: a national study. Arch Surg 2003 3.21
9 Black patients more likely than whites to undergo surgery at low-quality hospitals in segregated regions. Health Aff (Millwood) 2013 3.08
10 Large variations in Medicare payments for surgery highlight savings potential from bundled payment programs. Health Aff (Millwood) 2011 3.05
11 Use of radioactive iodine for thyroid cancer. JAMA 2011 2.98
12 Hospital complication rates with bariatric surgery in Michigan. JAMA 2010 2.92
13 Bariatric surgery complications before vs after implementation of a national policy restricting coverage to centers of excellence. JAMA 2013 2.90
14 Residual treatment disparities after oncology referral for rectal cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2008 2.84
15 Opening of specialty cardiac hospitals and use of coronary revascularization in medicare beneficiaries. JAMA 2007 2.81
16 Ranking hospitals on surgical mortality: the importance of reliability adjustment. Health Serv Res 2010 2.68
17 Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for esophageal carcinoma: a meta-analysis. Surgery 2005 2.40
18 Race and surgical mortality in the United States. Ann Surg 2006 2.31
19 Hospital volume and failure to rescue with high-risk surgery. Med Care 2011 2.29
20 Outcomes in octogenarians undergoing high-risk cancer operation: a national study. J Am Coll Surg 2007 2.23
21 How a regional collaborative of hospitals and physicians in Michigan cut costs and improved the quality of care. Health Aff (Millwood) 2011 2.22
22 Understanding racial disparities in cancer treatment and outcomes. J Am Coll Surg 2010 2.18
23 Risk adjustment for comparing hospital quality with surgery: how many variables are needed? J Am Coll Surg 2010 2.12
24 Should volume standards for cardiovascular surgery focus only on high-risk patients? Circulation 2003 2.12
25 Operator experience and carotid stenting outcomes in Medicare beneficiaries. JAMA 2011 2.12
26 Volume, process of care, and operative mortality for cystectomy for bladder cancer. Urology 2007 2.07
27 Trends in the United States in the treatment of distal radial fractures in the elderly. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2009 2.06
28 Hospital factors and racial disparities in mortality after surgery for breast and colon cancer. J Clin Oncol 2009 2.02
29 Socioeconomic status and surgical mortality in the elderly. Med Care 2008 2.01
30 Do cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute have better surgical outcomes? Cancer 2005 1.99
31 Hospital process compliance and surgical outcomes in medicare beneficiaries. Arch Surg 2010 1.96
32 Regional intensity of vascular care and lower extremity amputation rates. J Vasc Surg 2013 1.95
33 Composite measures for predicting surgical mortality in the hospital. Health Aff (Millwood) 2009 1.94
34 Laparoscopic skills are improved with LapMentor training: results of a randomized, double-blinded study. Ann Surg 2006 1.91
35 Intensive care unit physician staffing: financial modeling of the Leapfrog standard. Crit Care Med 2004 1.89
36 Racial disparities in late survival after rectal cancer surgery. J Am Coll Surg 2006 1.83
37 Strategies for improving surgical quality--should payers reward excellence or effort? N Engl J Med 2006 1.82
38 Empirically derived composite measures of surgical performance. Med Care 2009 1.80
39 National trends in utilization and in-hospital outcomes of bariatric surgery. J Gastrointest Surg 2002 1.73
40 Hospital volume and operative mortality in the modern era. Ann Surg 2014 1.73
41 Anticipating the effects of accountable care organizations for inpatient surgery. JAMA Surg 2013 1.72
42 The comparative effectiveness of sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, and adjustable gastric banding procedures for the treatment of morbid obesity. Ann Surg 2013 1.72
43 Prioritizing quality improvement in general surgery. J Am Coll Surg 2008 1.69
44 Short-term outcomes of laparoscopic and open ventral hernia repair: a meta-analysis. Arch Surg 2002 1.69
45 Strategies for reducing regional variation in the use of surgery: a systematic review. Ann Surg 2014 1.63
46 Outcomes after transhiatal and transthoracic esophagectomy for cancer. Ann Thorac Surg 2008 1.62
47 Mortality in medicare patients undergoing surgery in July in teaching hospitals. Ann Surg 2009 1.61
48 Acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure outcomes at specialty cardiac hospitals. Circulation 2007 1.61
49 How do elderly patients decide where to go for major surgery? Telephone interview survey. BMJ 2005 1.58
50 Specialty training and mortality after esophageal cancer resection. Ann Thorac Surg 2005 1.51
51 Physician specialty and carotid stenting among elderly medicare beneficiaries in the United States. Arch Intern Med 2011 1.49
52 Comparative effectiveness of unfractionated and low-molecular-weight heparin for prevention of venous thromboembolism following bariatric surgery. Arch Surg 2012 1.48
53 A tale of two provinces: regionalization of pancreatic surgery in Ontario and Quebec. Ann Surg Oncol 2010 1.47
54 Surgeon specialty and operative mortality with lung resection. Ann Surg 2005 1.46
55 Use of breast reconstruction after mastectomy following the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act. JAMA 2006 1.44
56 Hospital characteristics associated with failure to rescue from complications after pancreatectomy. J Am Coll Surg 2010 1.44
57 The rise and fall of antireflux surgery in the United States. Surg Endosc 2006 1.41
58 Regional availability of high-volume hospitals for major surgery. Health Aff (Millwood) 2004 1.41
59 Predicting risk for serious complications with bariatric surgery: results from the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative. Ann Surg 2011 1.41
60 Outlier payments for cardiac surgery and hospital quality. Health Aff (Millwood) 2009 1.35
61 Will volume-based referral strategies reduce costs or just save lives? Health Aff (Millwood) 2002 1.32
62 Is surgery getting safer? National trends in operative mortality. J Am Coll Surg 2002 1.26
63 Adjusting surgical mortality rates for patient comorbidities: more harm than good? Surgery 2002 1.25
64 Will electronic order entry reduce health care costs? Eff Clin Pract 2002 1.24
65 Measuring surgical quality: what's the role of provider volume? World J Surg 2005 1.24
66 Ranking hospitals on surgical quality: does risk-adjustment always matter? J Am Coll Surg 2008 1.23
67 Racial disparities in the use of revascularization before leg amputation in Medicare patients. J Vasc Surg 2011 1.22
68 Variation in the use of lower extremity vascular procedures for critical limb ischemia. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2011 1.20
69 Prioritizing perioperative quality improvement in orthopaedic surgery. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010 1.20
70 Do hospitals with low mortality rates in coronary artery bypass also perform well in valve replacement? Ann Thorac Surg 2003 1.19
71 Surgical complications are associated with omission of chemotherapy for stage III colorectal cancer. Dis Colon Rectum 2010 1.19
72 Surgeon age and operative mortality in the United States. Ann Surg 2006 1.19
73 Effects of hospital volume on life expectancy after selected cancer operations in older adults: a decision analysis. J Am Coll Surg 2003 1.15
74 Partnering with payers to improve surgical quality: the Michigan plan. Surgery 2005 1.12
75 Research based on administrative data. Surgery 2009 1.10
76 Predicting risk for venous thromboembolism with bariatric surgery: results from the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative. Ann Surg 2012 1.09
77 Provider treatment intensity and outcomes for patients with early-stage bladder cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2009 1.06
78 Composite measures for profiling hospitals on surgical morbidity. Ann Surg 2013 1.05
79 Variation in hospital mortality rates with inpatient cancer surgery. Ann Surg 2015 1.05
80 Identifying high-quality bariatric surgery centers: hospital volume or risk-adjusted outcomes? J Am Coll Surg 2009 1.03
81 Are mortality rates for different operations related?: implications for measuring the quality of noncardiac surgery. Med Care 2006 1.02
82 Variations in the use of internal fixation for distal radial fracture in the United States medicare population. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2011 1.01
83 Composite measures for rating hospital quality with major surgery. Health Serv Res 2012 1.00
84 Strategies for improving surgical quality--checklists and beyond. N Engl J Med 2010 0.99
85 Classifying cause of death after cancer surgery. Surg Innov 2006 0.99
86 Strategies to reduce variation in the use of surgery. Lancet 2013 0.99
87 The volume-performance relationship in esophagectomy. Thorac Surg Clin 2006 0.98
88 Safety in numbers: the development of Leapfrog's composite patient safety score for U.S. hospitals. J Patient Saf 2014 0.97
89 Preoperative placement of inferior vena cava filters and outcomes after gastric bypass surgery. Ann Surg 2010 0.96
90 Safety culture and complications after bariatric surgery. Ann Surg 2013 0.95
91 Emergency department visits after surgery are common for Medicare patients, suggesting opportunities to improve care. Health Aff (Millwood) 2013 0.92
92 Life expectancy benefits of gastric bypass surgery. Surg Innov 2006 0.92
93 Does pay-for-performance improve surgical outcomes? An evaluation of phase 2 of the Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration. Ann Surg 2014 0.91
94 Intensive care unit physician staffing: financial modeling of the Leapfrog standard. Crit Care Med 2006 0.90
95 Race and timeliness of transfer for revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Med Care 2011 0.90
96 Ambulatory surgery center market share and rates of outpatient surgery in the elderly. Surg Innov 2010 0.90
97 Trends in surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease: the effect of laparoscopic surgery on utilization. Surgery 2003 0.89
98 Defining high quality health care. Urol Oncol 2009 0.88
99 Regarding "Impact of screening versus symptomatic measurement of deep vein thrombosis in a national quality improvement registry". J Vasc Surg 2013 0.87
100 Understanding surgeon performance and improving patient outcomes. J Clin Oncol 2004 0.87
101 Racial differences in treatment and outcomes among patients with early stage bladder cancer. Cancer 2010 0.87
102 Time-to-readmission and Mortality After High-risk Surgery. Ann Surg 2015 0.87
103 Hospital lymph node counts and survival after radical cystectomy. Cancer 2008 0.86
104 Characteristics of hospitals performing bariatric surgery. JAMA 2006 0.86
105 Differences in perioperative care at low- and high-mortality hospitals with cancer surgery. Ann Surg Oncol 2014 0.86
106 Misclassification of hospital volume with Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Medicare data. Surg Innov 2007 0.85
107 Raising the bar for pancreaticoduodenectomy. Ann Surg Oncol 2002 0.84
108 Hospitalist staffing and patient satisfaction in the national Medicare population. J Hosp Med 2013 0.83
109 Composite quality measures for common inpatient medical conditions. Med Care 2013 0.82
110 Surgery: can checklists improve surgical outcomes? Nat Rev Urol 2009 0.82
111 Racial and gender trends in the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators among Medicare beneficiaries between 1997 and 2003. Congest Heart Fail 2009 0.82
112 Impact of Surgical Quality Improvement on Payments in Medicare Patients. Ann Surg 2015 0.81
113 Opening ambulatory surgery centers and stone surgery rates in health care markets. J Urol 2010 0.81
114 Medicare's Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative: expanding enrollment suggests potential for large impact. Am J Manag Care 2015 0.81
115 Hospital surgical volume and cost of inpatient surgery in the elderly. J Am Coll Surg 2012 0.81
116 Prioritizing quality improvement in vascular surgery. Surg Innov 2010 0.80
117 Evidence-based practice in laparoscopic surgery: perioperative care. Surg Innov 2005 0.80
118 Use of adjuvant radiotherapy at hospitals with and without on-site radiation services. Cancer 2007 0.79
119 Risks and benefits of prophylactic inferior vena cava filters in patients undergoing bariatric surgery. J Hosp Med 2013 0.78
120 Racial disparities in surgical resection and survival among elderly patients with poor prognosis cancer. J Am Coll Surg 2012 0.78
121 Ambulatory surgery centers and outpatient procedure use among Medicare beneficiaries. Med Care 2014 0.78
122 Growing pains: the challenges of managing congenital heart disease after childhood. Circulation 2008 0.77
123 Determining an appropriate threshold for referral to surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease. Surgery 2003 0.77
124 Improving outcomes with lung cancer surgery: selective referral or quality improvement? Ann Surg Oncol 2008 0.75
125 Should consumers trust hospital quality report cards? JAMA 2002 0.75
126 Evidence-based screening and management of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Ann Intern Med 2007 0.75
127 Mortality Among Older Adults Before Versus After Hospital Transition to Intensivist Staffing. Med Care 2016 0.75
128 Assessing the reach of health reform to outpatient surgery with social network analysis. Ann Surg 2015 0.75
129 Differences between physician social networks for cardiac surgery serving communities with high versus low proportions of black residents. Med Care 2015 0.75
130 Identifying Natural Alignments Between Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Local Health Systems: Building Broader Communities of Surgical Care. Med Care 2017 0.75
131 Improving the quality of minimally invasive surgery. Surg Innov 2004 0.75