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Andrew W Dick

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1 Retracted The impact of anesthesiologists on coronary artery bypass graft surgery outcomes. Anesth Analg 2015 8.28
2 The Surgical Mortality Probability Model: derivation and validation of a simple risk prediction rule for noncardiac surgery. Ann Surg 2012 3.20
3 Comparative effectiveness of shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopy for treating patients with kidney stones. JAMA Surg 2014 2.89
4 Association between intraoperative blood transfusion and mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Anesthesiology 2011 2.51
5 Impact of the present-on-admission indicator on hospital quality measurement: experience with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Inpatient Quality Indicators. Med Care 2008 2.39
6 Overall survival advantage with partial nephrectomy: a bias of observational data? Cancer 2013 2.21
7 Racial disparity in the dose and dose intensity of breast cancer adjuvant chemotherapy. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2003 2.14
8 Comparative effectiveness of aggressive versus nonaggressive treatment among men with early-stage prostate cancer and differing comorbid disease burdens at diagnosis. Cancer 2014 2.07
9 Perioperative outcomes among patients with the modified metabolic syndrome who are undergoing noncardiac surgery. Anesthesiology 2010 2.03
10 Does date stamping ICD-9-CM codes increase the value of clinical information in administrative data? Health Serv Res 2006 1.90
11 Diagnostic breast magnetic resonance imaging and contralateral prophylactic mastectomy. Ann Surg Oncol 2009 1.83
12 Improved access and quality of care after enrollment in the New York State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Pediatrics 2004 1.81
13 Health-related quality of life consequences of implantable cardioverter defibrillators: results from MADIT II. Med Care 2007 1.70
14 The cost effectiveness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: results from the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial (MADIT)-II. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 1.70
15 Variation in hospital complication rates and failure-to-rescue for trauma patients. Ann Surg 2011 1.69
16 Increases in mortality, length of stay, and cost associated with hospital-acquired infections in trauma patients. Arch Surg 2011 1.68
17 Nurse working conditions and patient safety outcomes. Med Care 2007 1.67
18 Guidelines for palivizumab prophylaxis: are they based on infant's risk of hospitalization for respiratory syncytial viral disease? Pediatr Infect Dis J 2003 1.67
19 The association between cost and quality in trauma: is greater spending associated with higher-quality care? Ann Surg 2010 1.65
20 Hospital readmission after noncardiac surgery: the role of major complications. JAMA Surg 2014 1.65
21 Cost-effectiveness analysis of palivizumab in premature infants without chronic lung disease. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2006 1.64
22 Organizational climate and intensive care unit nurses' intention to leave. Crit Care Med 2006 1.61
23 Does public insurance provide better financial protection against rising health care costs for families of children with special health care needs? Med Care 2008 1.60
24 Association between trauma quality indicators and outcomes for injured patients. Arch Surg 2011 1.55
25 Variation in treatment associated with life expectancy in a population-based cohort of men with early-stage prostate cancer. Cancer 2014 1.55
26 Identifying quality outliers in a large, multiple-institution database by using customized versions of the Simplified Acute Physiology Score II and the Mortality Probability Model II0. Crit Care Med 2002 1.53
27 TMPM-ICD9: a trauma mortality prediction model based on ICD-9-CM codes. Ann Surg 2009 1.46
28 The Survival Measurement and Reporting Trial for Trauma (SMARTT): background and study design. J Trauma 2010 1.45
29 Accuracy of Medicare claims data in identifying Parkinsonism cases: comparison with the Medicare current beneficiary survey. Mov Disord 2007 1.43
30 Hospital performance in caring for injured patients: does the type of injury make a difference? Arch Surg 2009 1.41
31 Accuracy of hospital report cards based on administrative data. Health Serv Res 2006 1.38
32 Estimating the potential impact of regionalizing health care delivery based on volume standards versus risk-adjusted mortality rate. Int J Qual Health Care 2007 1.37
33 Economic burden associated with Parkinson's disease on elderly Medicare beneficiaries. Mov Disord 2006 1.35
34 Reduction in racial and ethnic disparities after enrollment in the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Pediatrics 2005 1.30
35 Who's enrolled in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)? An overview of findings from the Child Health Insurance Research Initiative (CHIRI). Pediatrics 2003 1.25
36 Nurse working conditions, organizational climate, and intent to leave in ICUs: an instrumental variable approach. Health Serv Res 2007 1.24
37 Correlates and effect of suboptimal radiotherapy in women with ductal carcinoma in situ or early invasive breast cancer. Cancer 2008 1.23
38 The impact of buprenorphine on treatment of opioid dependence in a Medicaid population: recent service utilization trends in the use of buprenorphine and methadone. Drug Alcohol Depend 2011 1.20
39 Variations in treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ in elderly women. Med Care 2004 1.12
40 Improved asthma care after enrollment in the State Children's Health Insurance Program in New York. Pediatrics 2006 1.11
41 Individualized strategy for dosing luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists for androgen-independent prostate cancer: identification of outcomes and costs. J Oncol Pract 2006 1.11
42 Crowd-out in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): incidence, enrollee characteristics and experiences, and potential impact on New York's SCHIP. Health Serv Res 2008 1.10
43 Evaluating trauma center quality: does the choice of the severity-adjustment model make a difference? J Trauma 2005 1.09
44 The role of race and ethnicity in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in four states: are there baseline disparities, and what do they mean for SCHIP? Pediatrics 2003 1.08
45 The implications of using US-specific EQ-5D preference weights for cost-effectiveness evaluation. Med Decis Making 2007 1.03
46 Impact of obesity on mortality and complications in trauma patients. Ann Surg 2014 1.02
47 Measuring quality for public reporting of health provider quality: making it meaningful to patients. Am J Public Health 2009 1.00
48 Variation of blood transfusion in patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery. Ann Surg 2013 1.00
49 Racial differences in the use of epidural analgesia for labor. Anesthesiology 2007 1.00
50 Impact of statistical approaches for handling missing data on trauma center quality. Ann Surg 2009 1.00
51 Using hierarchical modeling to measure ICU quality. Intensive Care Med 2003 0.95
52 The relation between surgeon volume and outcome following off-pump vs on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Chest 2005 0.92
53 Expert consensus vs empirical estimation of injury severity: effect on quality measurement in trauma. Arch Surg 2009 0.91
54 Improved health care among children with special health care needs after enrollment into the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Ambul Pediatr 2007 0.89
55 Risk-adjusted capitation rates for children: how useful are the survey-based measures? Health Serv Res 2010 0.89
56 Trends in racial disparities for injured patients admitted to trauma centers. Health Serv Res 2013 0.89
57 The effect of capitation on switching primary care physicians. Health Serv Res 2003 0.89
58 Examination of the effect of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators on health-related quality of life: based on results from the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Trial-II. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs 2009 0.89
59 The association between nurse staffing and hospital outcomes in injured patients. BMC Health Serv Res 2012 0.88
60 The pen and the scalpel: effect of diffusion of information on nonclinical variations in surgical treatment. Med Care 2009 0.88
61 Short-term persistence of high health care costs in a nationally representative sample of children. Pediatrics 2006 0.88
62 Impact of date stamping on patient safety measurement in patients undergoing CABG: experience with the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators. BMC Health Serv Res 2008 0.87
63 Preoperative thrombocytopenia and postoperative outcomes after noncardiac surgery. Anesthesiology 2014 0.87
64 Relationship between Leapfrog Safe Practices Survey and outcomes in trauma. Arch Surg 2011 0.87
65 The effect of preexisting conditions on hospital quality measurement for injured patients. Ann Surg 2010 0.86
66 Outcomes of adult trauma patients admitted to trauma centers in Pennsylvania, 2000-2009. Arch Surg 2012 0.86
67 How well do hospital mortality rates reported in the New York State CABG report card predict subsequent hospital performance? Med Care 2010 0.85
68 Clinical trial end points: on the road to nowhere? Neurology 2002 0.85
69 Impact of Risk Adjustment for Socioeconomic Status on Risk-adjusted Surgical Readmission Rates. Ann Surg 2016 0.85
70 Older adults' and case managers' initial impressions of community-based telehealth kiosks. Res Gerontol Nurs 2010 0.81
71 Pramipexole versus levodopa in patients with early Parkinson's disease: effect on generic and disease-specific quality of life. Value Health 2006 0.80
72 Pramipexole and levodopa in early Parkinson's disease: dynamic changes in cost effectiveness. Pharmacoeconomics 2005 0.80
73 Effect of complications on mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: evidence from New York State. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007 0.80
74 Ranking trauma center quality: can past performance predict future performance? Ann Surg 2014 0.80
75 Is the hospital volume-mortality relationship in coronary artery bypass surgery the same for low-risk versus high-risk patients? Ann Thorac Surg 2003 0.79
76 Cost-effectiveness of implanted defibrillators in young people with inherited cardiac arrhythmias. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2005 0.79
77 Impact of trauma center designation on outcomes: is there a difference between Level I and Level II trauma centers? J Am Coll Surg 2012 0.79
78 Outcomes are Worse in US Patients Undergoing Surgery on Weekends Compared With Weekdays. Med Care 2016 0.78
79 Effect of usual source of care on depression among Medicare beneficiaries: an application of a simultaneous-equations model. Health Serv Res 2011 0.78
80 Recent trends in State Children's Health Insurance Program eligibility and coverage for CSHCN. Pediatrics 2009 0.78
81 Organizational climate and intensive care unit nurses' intention to leave. J Nurs Adm 2009 0.78
82 Impact of the State Children's Health Insurance Program on adolescents in New York. Pediatrics 2007 0.78
83 Managed care quality of care and plan choice in New York SCHIP. Health Serv Res 2009 0.77
84 Association between surgical resident involvement and blood use in noncardiac surgery. Transfusion 2013 0.77
85 Pramipexole v. levodopa as initial treatment for Parkinson's disease: a randomized clinical-economic trial. Med Decis Making 2004 0.77
86 Effect of a voucher benefit on the demand for paid personal assistance. Gerontologist 2006 0.76
87 Role of SCHIP in serving children with special health care needs. Health Care Financ Rev 2006 0.75
88 Editorial comment--stroke cost-effectiveness research: are acceptability curves acceptable? Stroke 2003 0.75
89 Re: Trends in the treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. J Natl Cancer Inst 2004 0.75
90 Structural estimates of treatment effects on outcomes using retrospective data: an application to ductal carcinoma in situ. Med Care Res Rev 2011 0.75
91 In Response. Anesth Analg 2016 0.75
92 ICU scoring systems: after 30 years of reinventing the wheel, isn't it time to build the cart?*. Crit Care Med 2014 0.75
93 Reply to letter: "the Surgical Mortality Probability Model (S-MPM): derivation and validation of a simple risk prediction rule for noncardiac surgery". Ann Surg 2015 0.75
94 Impacts of rising health care costs on families with employment-based private insurance: a national analysis with state fixed effects. Health Serv Res 2012 0.75
95 Grading intensive care unit performance--does one size fit all? Crit Care Med 2009 0.75
96 Building Bridges Across Clinical Registries. Anesth Analg 2017 0.75
97 Managed care quality and disenrollment in New York SCHIP. Am J Manag Care 2009 0.75
98 The Effects of Medicaid Home and Community-based Services Waivers on Unmet Needs Among Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Med Care 2017 0.75
99 Use of a matching algorithm to evaluate hospital coronary artery bypass grafting performance as an alternative to conventional risk adjustment. Med Care 2007 0.75
100 Extending U.S. Medicare to Mexico: Why It's Important to Consider and What Can Be Done. Rand Health Q 2012 0.75
101 Modeling Dr. Dynasaur 2.0 Coverage and Finance Proposals: Effects of the Expansion of Vermont's Dr. Dynasaur Program to All Individuals Through Age 25. Rand Health Q 2017 0.75
102 Impact of a disease management-health promotion nurse intervention on personal assistance use and expenditures. Home Health Care Serv Q 2009 0.75
103 Feasibility of Report Cards for Measuring Anesthesiologist Quality for Cardiac Surgery. Anesth Analg 2016 0.75
104 Quality of Quality Measurement: Impact of Risk Adjustment, Hospital Volume, and Hospital Performance. Anesthesiology 2016 0.75
105 Prior health care experiences of adolescents who enroll in SCHIP. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2006 0.75