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Gary E Rosenthal

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1 Effects of weekend admission and hospital teaching status on in-hospital mortality. Am J Med 2004 3.71
2 Cardiac revascularization in specialty and general hospitals. N Engl J Med 2005 3.44
3 Polypharmacy and prescribing quality in older people. J Am Geriatr Soc 2006 3.39
4 Associations between reduced hospital length of stay and 30-day readmission rate and mortality: 14-year experience in 129 Veterans Affairs hospitals. Ann Intern Med 2012 2.92
5 Day of the week of intensive care admission and patient outcomes: a multisite regional evaluation. Med Care 2002 2.65
6 Reliability of birth certificate data: a multi-hospital comparison to medical records information. Matern Child Health J 2002 2.61
7 Finding pure and simple truths with administrative data. JAMA 2012 2.58
8 The aftermath of hip fracture: discharge placement, functional status change, and mortality. Am J Epidemiol 2009 2.02
9 Reporting medical errors to improve patient safety: a survey of physicians in teaching hospitals. Arch Intern Med 2008 1.99
10 Hospital episodes and physician visits: the concordance between self-reports and medicare claims. Med Care 2007 1.96
11 A comparison of total hip and knee replacement in specialty and general hospitals. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2007 1.90
12 Certificate of need regulations and use of coronary revascularization after acute myocardial infarction. JAMA 2006 1.89
13 Mortality in Medicare beneficiaries following coronary artery bypass graft surgery in states with and without certificate of need regulation. JAMA 2002 1.85
14 Is there a July phenomenon? The effect of July admission on intensive care mortality and length of stay in teaching hospitals. J Gen Intern Med 2003 1.77
15 An empirically derived taxonomy of factors affecting physicians' willingness to disclose medical errors. J Gen Intern Med 2006 1.75
16 Differences in mortality and use of revascularization in black and white patients with acute MI admitted to hospitals with and without revascularization services. JAMA 2007 1.72
17 Agreement between drugs-to-avoid criteria and expert assessments of problematic prescribing. Arch Intern Med 2009 1.70
18 Failure to recognize and act on abnormal test results: the case of screening bone densitometry. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2005 1.61
19 The effect of burn center and burn center volume on the mortality of burned adults--an analysis of the data in the National Burn Repository. J Burn Care Res 2009 1.60
20 Comparison of cardiac surgery volumes and mortality rates between the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Medicare databases from 1993 through 2001. Ann Thorac Surg 2007 1.54
21 Are older patients more satisfied with hospital care than younger patients? J Gen Intern Med 2003 1.51
22 Limitations of hospital volume as a measure of quality of care for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2005 1.51
23 Insurance status and the transfer of hospitalized patients: an observational study. Ann Intern Med 2014 1.49
24 Patient and hospital differences underlying racial variation in outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Circulation 2005 1.49
25 Hospital volume-outcome relationships among medical admissions to ICUs. Chest 2005 1.45
26 Effectiveness of home telehealth in comorbid diabetes and hypertension: a randomized, controlled trial. Telemed J E Health 2011 1.40
27 Hospital volume and selection of valve type in older patients undergoing aortic valve replacement surgery in the United States. Circulation 2005 1.39
28 Disclosing medical errors to patients: attitudes and practices of physicians and trainees. J Gen Intern Med 2007 1.32
29 Continuity of care with a primary care physician and mortality in older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2009 1.27
30 Provider profiling and quality improvement efforts in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: the effect on short-term mortality among Medicare beneficiaries. Med Care 2003 1.25
31 Dual use of Medicare and the Veterans Health Administration: are there adverse health outcomes? BMC Health Serv Res 2006 1.22
32 Structuring payment to medical homes after the affordable care act. J Gen Intern Med 2014 1.21
33 The use of chiropractors by older adults in the United States. Chiropr Osteopat 2007 1.19
34 An interpersonal continuity of care measure for Medicare Part B claims analyses. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2007 1.19
35 Racial differences in hospital use after acute myocardial infarction: does residential segregation play a role? Health Aff (Millwood) 2009 1.19
36 Evaluation of home telehealth following hospitalization for heart failure: a randomized trial. Telemed J E Health 2008 1.16
37 A longitudinal study of chiropractic use among older adults in the United States. Chiropr Osteopat 2010 1.12
38 Mortality of Department of Veterans Affairs patients undergoing coronary revascularization in private sector hospitals. Health Serv Res 2007 1.10
39 Conflicts and concordance between measures of medication prescribing quality. Med Care 2007 1.10
40 Emergency department utilization patterns among older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2008 1.07
41 Patient and physician attitudes in the health care context: attitudinal symmetry predicts patient satisfaction and adherence. Ann Behav Med 2007 1.06
42 Recent hospitalization and the risk of hip fracture among older Americans. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2009 1.05
43 Racial segregation and disparities in health care delivery: conceptual model and empirical assessment. Health Serv Res 2009 1.04
44 Patient and physician beliefs about control over health: association of symmetrical beliefs with medication regimen adherence. J Gen Intern Med 2010 1.03
45 Failure to recognize newly identified aortic dilations in a health care system with an advanced electronic medical record. Ann Intern Med 2009 1.02
46 Do hospitals with lower mortality have higher patient satisfaction? A regional analysis of patients with medical diagnoses. Am J Med Qual 2003 1.02
47 A curriculum for training quality scholars to improve the health and health care of veterans and the community at large. Qual Manag Health Care 2002 0.99
48 Facilitating and impeding factors for physicians' error disclosure: a structured literature review. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2006 0.99
49 Hospital characteristics and patient populations served by physician owned and non physician owned orthopedic specialty hospitals. BMC Health Serv Res 2007 0.99
50 Associations with reduced length of stay and costs on an academic hospitalist service. Am J Manag Care 2004 0.97
51 Uncompensated care provided by for-profit, not-for-profit, and government owned hospitals. BMC Health Serv Res 2010 0.96
52 Development and reliability testing of the clinical pharmacist recommendation taxonomy. Pharmacotherapy 2007 0.95
53 Outcomes of a home telehealth intervention for patients with heart failure. J Telemed Telecare 2009 0.95
54 Surgical volume and outcomes of off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Does it matter? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009 0.94
55 Defining emergency department episodes by severity and intensity: A 15-year study of Medicare beneficiaries. BMC Health Serv Res 2010 0.94
56 Declining mortality following acute myocardial infarction in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2009 0.93
57 Variations in the associations between psychiatric comorbidity and hospital mortality according to the method of identifying psychiatric diagnoses. J Gen Intern Med 2008 0.93
58 The Department of Veterans Affairs National Quality Scholars Fellowship Program: experience from 10 years of training quality scholars. Acad Med 2009 0.93
59 Patient preference for being informed of their DXA scan results. J Clin Densitom 2004 0.91
60 Smoking bans linked to lower hospitalizations for heart attacks and lung disease among medicare beneficiaries. Health Aff (Millwood) 2012 0.91
61 Predicting resource utilization in a Veterans Health Administration primary care population: comparison of methods based on diagnoses and medications. Med Care 2004 0.91
62 Use of mechanical and noninvasive ventilation in black and white chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients within the Veterans Administration health care system. Med Care 2009 0.91
63 Identifying medication misadventures: poor agreement among medical record, physician, nurse, and patient reports. Pharmacotherapy 2010 0.91
64 Exploring the association of dual use of the VHA and Medicare with mortality: separating the contributions of inpatient and outpatient services. BMC Health Serv Res 2007 0.91
65 Psychiatric comorbidity and mortality after acute myocardial infarction. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2009 0.91
66 Prior hospitalization and the risk of heart attack in older adults: a 12-year prospective study of Medicare beneficiaries. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2010 0.90
67 Veterans' use of Department of Veterans Affairs care and perceptions of outsourcing inpatient care. Mil Med 2007 0.86
68 Racial differences in mortality among veterans hospitalized for exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Natl Med Assoc 2009 0.86
69 Outcomes of a home telehealth intervention for patients with diabetes and hypertension. Telemed J E Health 2012 0.86
70 Older adults who persistently present to the emergency department with severe, non-severe, and indeterminate episode patterns. BMC Geriatr 2011 0.86
71 Exploring the academic context for quality improvement: a scientific discipline in need of a career path. Qual Manag Health Care 2002 0.85
72 A 12-year prospective study of stroke risk in older Medicare beneficiaries. BMC Geriatr 2009 0.85
73 Nurse and patient communication profiles in a home-based telehealth intervention for heart failure management. Patient Educ Couns 2008 0.84
74 Delays in transfer to the ICU: a preventable adverse advent? J Gen Intern Med 2003 0.83
75 Principles to consider in defining new directions in internal medicine training and certification. J Gen Intern Med 2006 0.82
76 Influence of psychiatric comorbidity on surgical mortality. Arch Surg 2010 0.81
77 Elderly veterans with dual eligibility for VA and Medicare services: where do they obtain a colonoscopy? Am J Manag Care 2015 0.81
78 Mortality of Department of Veterans Affairs patients admitted to private sector hospitals for 5 common medical conditions. Am J Med Qual 2007 0.80
79 Preexisting comorbid psychiatric conditions and mortality in nonsurgical intensive care patients. Am J Crit Care 2010 0.80
80 Treatment variation in older black and white patients undergoing aortic valve replacement. Circulation 2005 0.79
81 Physician-owned specialty hospitals and coronary revascularization utilization: too much of a good thing? JAMA 2007 0.79
82 Comparison of colorectal cancer screening in veterans based on the location of primary care clinic. J Prim Care Community Health 2013 0.79
83 Racial disparities in outcomes after cardiac surgery: the role of hospital quality. Curr Cardiol Rep 2015 0.79
84 Patterns of illness explaining the associations between posttraumatic stress disorder and the use of CT. Radiology 2013 0.78
85 Hospital volume and outcome after coronary angioplasty: is there a role for certificate of need regulation? Am Heart J 2004 0.77
86 The role of pragmatic clinical trials in the evolution of learning health systems. Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc 2014 0.77
87 A mixed-method approach to evaluate a pharmacist intervention for veterans with hypertension. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2014 0.77
88 Perceptions of care of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery in Veterans Health Administration and private sector hospitals. Am J Med Qual 2004 0.75
89 Should disagreement about physician-assisted suicide discourage professional societies from engaging in public debate? A survey of 677 Connecticut internists. Conn Med 2002 0.75