Published in Med Care on October 01, 2007
Comparative effectiveness of revascularization strategies. N Engl J Med (2012) 5.49
Comparative effectiveness of prostate cancer treatments: evaluating statistical adjustments for confounding in observational data. J Natl Cancer Inst (2010) 3.24
Decreased risk of celiac disease in patients with Helicobacter pylori colonization. Am J Epidemiol (2013) 2.58
A prospective assessment of reports of drinking to self-medicate mood symptoms with the incidence and persistence of alcohol dependence. JAMA Psychiatry (2013) 1.98
Prenatal exposure to antibiotics, cesarean section and risk of childhood obesity. Int J Obes (Lond) (2014) 1.83
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Association of childhood obesity with maternal exposure to ambient air polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during pregnancy. Am J Epidemiol (2012) 1.59
Risk of skin and soft tissue infections (including shingles) in patients exposed to anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy: results from the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register. Ann Rheum Dis (2012) 1.56
Prescription Opioid Duration, Dose, and Increased Risk of Depression in 3 Large Patient Populations. Ann Fam Med (2016) 1.54
Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting outcomes stratified by preoperative renal function. J Am Soc Nephrol (2012) 1.50
Racial Differences in the Surgical Care of Medicare Beneficiaries With Localized Prostate Cancer. JAMA Oncol (2016) 1.49
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Clinical Effectiveness of Hydralazine-Isosorbide Dinitrate Therapy in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: Findings From the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. Circ Heart Fail (2016) 1.45
A real-world study of the effect of timing of insulin initiation on outcomes in older medicare beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Am Geriatr Soc (2015) 1.45
Prescription opioid analgesics increase the risk of depression. J Gen Intern Med (2013) 1.37
Effectiveness of Simeprevir Plus Sofosbuvir, With or Without Ribavirin, in Real-World Patients With HCV Genotype 1 Infection. Gastroenterology (2015) 1.28
Challenges of guarantee-time bias. J Clin Oncol (2013) 1.27
COPD and cognitive impairment: the role of hypoxemia and oxygen therapy. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis (2010) 1.23
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Attributable costs of enterococcal bloodstream infections in a nonsurgical hospital cohort. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2010) 1.16
Historical variation in drug use trajectories across the transition to adulthood: the trend toward lower intercepts and steeper, ascending slopes. Dev Psychopathol (2013) 1.15
Mitral valve repair versus replacement for moderate-to-severe mitral regurgitation in patients undergoing concomitant aortic valve replacement. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2013) 1.07
A retrospective comparison of ceftriaxone versus oxacillin for osteoarticular infections due to methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 1.06
Rationale and design of the GUIDE-IT study: Guiding Evidence Based Therapy Using Biomarker Intensified Treatment in Heart Failure. JACC Heart Fail (2014) 1.06
Efficacy of entecavir-tenofovir combination therapy for chronic hepatitis B patients with multidrug-resistant strains. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2014) 1.04
Relative risk of acute pancreatitis in initiators of exenatide twice daily compared with other anti-diabetic medication: a follow-up study. Diabet Med (2012) 1.01
Posttraumatic stress symptoms and health-related quality of life: a two year follow up study of injury treated at the emergency department. BMC Psychiatry (2012) 0.96
Using instrumental variables to estimate a Cox's proportional hazards regression subject to additive confounding. Health Serv Outcomes Res Methodol (2014) 0.93
Assessing the effectiveness of antiretroviral regimens in cohort studies involving HIV-positive injection drug users. AIDS (2012) 0.92
Patterns of use and comparative effectiveness of bleeding avoidance strategies in men and women following percutaneous coronary interventions: an observational study from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol (2013) 0.91
Adherence to Metformin, Statins, and ACE/ARBs Within the Diabetes Health Plan (DHP). J Gen Intern Med (2015) 0.90
Tenofovir monotherapy versus tenofovir plus lamivudine or telbivudine combination therapy in treatment of lamivudine-resistant chronic hepatitis B. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2014) 0.89
Survival of patients with stage IV lung cancer with diabetes treated with metformin. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2015) 0.89
Growing impact of restenosis on the surgical treatment of peripheral arterial disease. J Am Heart Assoc (2013) 0.89
Outcomes associated with warfarin use in older patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation and a cardiovascular implantable electronic device: findings from the ADHERE registry linked to Medicare claims. Clin Cardiol (2012) 0.87
Prenatal Exposure to Phthalates and Childhood Body Size in an Urban Cohort. Environ Health Perspect (2015) 0.86
Increased Risk of Depression Recurrence After Initiation of Prescription Opioids in Noncancer Pain Patients. J Pain (2016) 0.85
Comparative effectiveness of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors versus beta-blockers as second-line therapy for hypertension. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2010) 0.84
Preconception care: caffeine, smoking, alcohol, drugs and other environmental chemical/radiation exposure. Reprod Health (2014) 0.84
Psychosocial pathways to sexually transmitted infection risk among youth transitioning out of foster care: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study. J Adolesc Health (2013) 0.84
Low-dose corticosteroid treatment and mortality in refractory abdominal septic shock after emergency laparotomy. Ann Intensive Care (2015) 0.84
Combined effects of prenatal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and material hardship on child IQ. Neurotoxicol Teratol (2015) 0.84
The effect of pharmacist-led medication review in high-risk patients in the emergency department: an evaluation protocol. CMAJ Open (2015) 0.83
Propensity score weighting for addressing under-reporting in mortality surveillance: a proof-of-concept study using the nationally representative mortality data in China. Popul Health Metr (2015) 0.83
Comparing medical and dental providers of oral health services on early dental caries experience. Am J Public Health (2014) 0.83
Adherence to guideline-recommended therapy is associated with decreased major adverse cardiovascular events and major adverse limb events among patients with peripheral arterial disease. J Am Heart Assoc (2014) 0.83
Metformin Improves Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma and Pre-Existing Diabetes: A Propensity Score Analysis. Am J Gastroenterol (2016) 0.82
Fractures in women treated with raloxifene or alendronate: a retrospective database analysis. BMC Womens Health (2013) 0.82
Health service use among the previously uninsured: is subsidized health insurance enough? Health Econ (2011) 0.82
Radical cystectomy versus bladder-preserving therapy for muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma: examining confounding and misclassification biasin cancer observational comparative effectiveness research. Value Health (2013) 0.80
Statistical controversies in clinical research: scientific and ethical problems with adaptive randomization in comparative clinical trials. Ann Oncol (2015) 0.80
The influence of prescription opioid use duration and dose on development of treatment resistant depression. Prev Med (2016) 0.79
Bisphenol A and Adiposity in an Inner-City Birth Cohort. Environ Health Perspect (2016) 0.78
Association between process quality measures for heart failure and mortality among US veterans. Am Heart J (2014) 0.78
Comparison of the Efficacy of Entecavir and Tenofovir in Nucleos(T)ide Analogue-Experienced Chronic Hepatitis B Patients. PLoS One (2015) 0.78
New depression diagnosis following prescription of codeine, hydrocodone or oxycodone. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2016) 0.78
Comparing two-stent strategies for bifurcation coronary lesions: which vessel should be stented first, the main vessel or the side branch? J Korean Med Sci (2011) 0.77
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of High-Efficiency Hemodiafiltration Versus Low-Flux Hemodialysis Based on the Canadian Arm of the CONTRAST Study. Appl Health Econ Health Policy (2015) 0.77
Race-specific Association of Caesarean-Section Delivery with Body Size at Age 2 Years. Ethn Dis (2016) 0.75
Comparative Effectiveness of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Among Patients With Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation: Findings From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry's Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Registry. Circ Heart Fail (2016) 0.75
Impact of early in-hospital medication review by clinical pharmacists on health services utilization. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Torsemide Versus Furosemide in Patients With Acute Heart Failure (from the ASCEND-HF Trial). Am J Cardiol (2015) 0.75
Antithrombotic therapy and outcomes after ICD implantation in patients with atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease: an analysis from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR)®. J Am Heart Assoc (2015) 0.75
Difference-in-Differences Method in Comparative Effectiveness Research: Utility with Unbalanced Groups. Appl Health Econ Health Policy (2016) 0.75
Comparative persistence of antiepileptic drugs in patients with epilepsy: A STROBE-compliant retrospective cohort study. Medicine (Baltimore) (2016) 0.75
Oncologic Safety of Robot Thyroid Surgery for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Comparative Study of Robot versus Open Thyroid Surgery Using Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Impact of a Multidisciplinary Team Approach Including an Intensivist on the Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients in the Cardiac Care Unit. Mayo Clin Proc (2016) 0.75
Factors Associated with Adherence to the HEDIS Quality Measure in Medicaid Patients with Schizophrenia. Am Health Drug Benefits (2016) 0.75
The effect of statins on survival in patients with stage IV lung cancer. Lung Cancer (2016) 0.75
Costs and Benefits Associated With Transradial Versus Transfemoral Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in China. J Am Heart Assoc (2016) 0.75
Comparative effectiveness of treatment strategies for severe splenic trauma in the pediatric population. Am J Surg (2015) 0.75
Severe COPD Exacerbation Risk and Long-Acting Bronchodilator Treatments: Comparison of Three Observational Data Analysis Methods. Drugs Real World Outcomes (2015) 0.75
Employer-Based Screening for Diabetes and Prediabetes in an Integrated Health Care Delivery System: A Natural Experiment for Translation in Diabetes (NEXT-D) Study. J Occup Environ Med (2015) 0.75
Characteristics of new depression diagnoses in patients with and without prior chronic opioid use. J Affect Disord (2016) 0.75
Dual antiplatelet therapy is associated with prolonged survival after lower extremity revascularization. J Vasc Surg (2016) 0.75
Does Mother Know Best? Treatment Adherence as a Function of Anticipated Treatment Benefit. Epidemiology (2016) 0.75
Antiretroviral-treated HIV-infected women have similar long-term kidney function trajectories as HIV-uninfected women. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2013) 0.75
Analysis of Healthcare Cost and Utilization in the First Two Years of the Medicare Shared Savings Program Using Big Data from the CMS Enclave. AMIA Annu Symp Proc (2017) 0.75
The prognostic value of lymph node yield in the earliest stage of colorectal cancer: a multicenter cohort study. BMC Med (2017) 0.75
Combined effects of prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and material hardship on child ADHD behavior problems. Environ Res (2017) 0.75
Scientific evidence underlying the ACC/AHA clinical practice guidelines. JAMA (2009) 13.69
Diuretic strategies in patients with acute decompensated heart failure. N Engl J Med (2011) 11.99
Ultrafiltration in decompensated heart failure with cardiorenal syndrome. N Engl J Med (2012) 8.28
Clopidogrel use and long-term clinical outcomes after drug-eluting stent implantation. JAMA (2006) 7.81
Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis: a consequence of medical progress. JAMA (2005) 7.41
Relationship between early physician follow-up and 30-day readmission among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for heart failure. JAMA (2010) 6.91
Characteristics of clinical trials registered in ClinicalTrials.gov, 2007-2010. JAMA (2012) 6.56
Prednisone, azathioprine, and N-acetylcysteine for pulmonary fibrosis. N Engl J Med (2012) 6.51
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: clinically meaningful primary endpoints in phase 3 clinical trials. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2012) 5.33
A placebo-controlled randomized trial of warfarin in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2012) 4.81
Risks of mortality, myocardial infarction, bleeding, and stroke associated with therapies for age-related macular degeneration. Arch Ophthalmol (2010) 4.50
What clinicians should know about the QT interval. JAMA (2003) 4.45
Isosorbide Mononitrate in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. N Engl J Med (2015) 4.39
Quality of life with defibrillator therapy or amiodarone in heart failure. N Engl J Med (2008) 4.33
Reduced length of hospital stay in colorectal surgery after implementation of an enhanced recovery protocol. Anesth Analg (2014) 4.19
A controlled trial of sildenafil in advanced idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. N Engl J Med (2010) 4.19
Long-term adherence to evidence-based secondary prevention therapies in coronary artery disease. Circulation (2006) 3.96
Validation of European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) in North American cardiac surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2002) 3.86
Long-term outcomes in elderly survivors of in-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med (2013) 3.85
Clinical and economic implications of the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-II. Ann Intern Med (2005) 3.83
Incidence and prognostic significance of thrombocytopenia in patients treated with prolonged heparin therapy. Arch Intern Med (2008) 3.68
Rethinking randomized clinical trials for comparative effectiveness research: the need for transformational change. Ann Intern Med (2009) 3.60
Long-term outcomes and costs of ventricular assist devices among Medicare beneficiaries. JAMA (2008) 2.96
A decade of change--risk profiles and outcomes for isolated coronary artery bypass grafting procedures, 1990-1999: a report from the STS National Database Committee and the Duke Clinical Research Institute. Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 2.91
Sex differences in the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death. JAMA (2007) 2.75
Changes in the use and costs of diagnostic imaging among Medicare beneficiaries with cancer, 1999-2006. JAMA (2010) 2.68
Incidence and prevalence of heart failure in elderly persons, 1994-2003. Arch Intern Med (2008) 2.65
Incidence and prevalence of atrial fibrillation and associated mortality among Medicare beneficiaries, 1993-2007. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2012) 2.61
Cost-effectiveness of defibrillator therapy or amiodarone in chronic stable heart failure: results from the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT). Circulation (2006) 2.60
Cost effectiveness of ixabepilone plus capecitabine for metastatic breast cancer progressing after anthracycline and taxane treatment. J Clin Oncol (2009) 2.58
A decade of short-term outcomes in post cardiac surgery ventricular assist device implantation: data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' National Cardiac Database. Circulation (2007) 2.30
Economic return of clinical trials performed under the pediatric exclusivity program. JAMA (2007) 2.28
Successful linking of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons adult cardiac surgery database to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare data. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 2.24
Comparative effectiveness of beta-blockers in elderly patients with heart failure. Arch Intern Med (2008) 2.15
Clinical effectiveness of beta-blockers in heart failure: findings from the OPTIMIZE-HF (Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure) Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol (2009) 2.14
Implementation of a statewide system for coronary reperfusion for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. JAMA (2007) 2.10
Monitoring the quality of conduct of clinical trials: a survey of current practices. Clin Trials (2011) 2.08
B-type natriuretic peptide level and postdischarge thrombotic events in older patients hospitalized with heart failure: insights from the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry. Am Heart J (2012) 2.04
A prospective multicenter study of competency metrics and educational interventions in the learning of bronchoscopy among new pulmonary fellows. Chest (2009) 1.97
Clinical effectiveness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators among medicare beneficiaries with heart failure. Circ Heart Fail (2009) 1.95
Early and long-term outcomes of heart failure in elderly persons, 2001-2005. Arch Intern Med (2008) 1.88
Randomized trial of acetylcysteine in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. N Engl J Med (2014) 1.80
Native valve endocarditis due to coagulase-negative staphylococci: report of 99 episodes from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 1.80
Comparative evaluation of Etest and sensititre yeastone panels against the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute M27-A2 reference broth microdilution method for testing Candida susceptibility to seven antifungal agents. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.78
Use of larger versus smaller drug-safety databases before regulatory approval: the trade-offs. Health Aff (Millwood) (2008) 1.74
Costs and outcomes among hemodialysis-dependent patients with methicillin-resistant or methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2005) 1.69
Safety and efficacy of drug-eluting stents in older patients with chronic kidney disease: a report from the linked CathPCI Registry-CMS claims database. J Am Coll Cardiol (2011) 1.68
Sildenafil improves walk distance in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Chest (2007) 1.66
Process of care performance measures and long-term outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure. Med Care (2010) 1.62
A generalized estimator of the attributable benefit of an optimal treatment regime. Biometrics (2009) 1.58
Medical costs of abnormal serum sodium levels. J Am Soc Nephrol (2008) 1.56
Clinical effectiveness of coronary stents in elderly persons: results from 262,700 Medicare patients in the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol (2009) 1.55
Future directions in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis research. An NHLBI workshop report. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2014) 1.54
Mortality benefits from implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy are not restricted to patients with remote myocardial infarction: an analysis from the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT). Heart Rhythm (2010) 1.54
Influence of the Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Diabetic Clinical Alert on practice patterns: results from the National Cardiovascular Network Database. Circulation (2003) 1.52
Case reports of heart failure after therapy with a tumor necrosis factor antagonist. Ann Intern Med (2003) 1.51
Spending on postapproval drug safety. Health Aff (Millwood) (2006) 1.50
Multifaceted intervention to promote beta-blocker use in heart failure. Am Heart J (2006) 1.48
From controlled trials to clinical practice: monitoring transmyocardial revascularization use and outcomes. J Am Coll Cardiol (2003) 1.47
Risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome after meningococcal conjugate vaccination. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2012) 1.46
National evaluation of adherence to beta-blocker therapy for 1 year after acute myocardial infarction in patients with commercial health insurance. Am Heart J (2006) 1.43
Using central IRBs for multicenter clinical trials in the United States. PLoS One (2013) 1.43
Linking the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry with Medicare claims data: validation of a longitudinal cohort of elderly patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2012) 1.42
Challenges in enrollment of minority, pediatric, and geriatric patients in emergency and acute care clinical research. Ann Emerg Med (2008) 1.42
Representativeness of a national heart failure quality-of-care registry: comparison of OPTIMIZE-HF and non-OPTIMIZE-HF Medicare patients. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2009) 1.41
Costs for heart failure with normal vs reduced ejection fraction. Arch Intern Med (2006) 1.36
Outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. Circulation (2012) 1.32
Determinants of operative mortality in valvular heart surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 1.31
Long-term costs and resource use in elderly participants with congestive heart failure in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Am Heart J (2007) 1.29
Association between the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 and patient wait times and travel distance for chemotherapy. JAMA (2008) 1.28
Resource use and costs associated with diabetic macular edema in elderly persons. Arch Ophthalmol (2008) 1.25
Survival of patients receiving a primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in clinical practice vs clinical trials. JAMA (2013) 1.25
Safety of open food challenges in the office setting. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol (2008) 1.24
Local cost structures and the economics of robot assisted radical prostatectomy. J Urol (2005) 1.23
Targeting the kidney in acute heart failure: can old drugs provide new benefit? Renal Optimization Strategies Evaluation in Acute Heart Failure (ROSE AHF) trial. Circ Heart Fail (2013) 1.21
Problem-based learning of research skills. J Electrocardiol (2005) 1.15
National survey of hospital strategies to reduce heart failure readmissions: findings from the Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure registry. Circ Heart Fail (2012) 1.15
Effects of skeletal morbidities on longitudinal patient-reported outcomes and survival in patients with metastatic prostate cancer. Support Care Cancer (2007) 1.14
The Medicare Modernization Act and reimbursement for outpatient chemotherapy: do patients perceive changes in access to care? Cancer (2007) 1.13
Conducting economic evaluations alongside multinational clinical trials: toward a research consensus. Am Heart J (2005) 1.12
Use of surgery in patients with native valve infective endocarditis: results from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database. Am Heart J (2005) 1.11
Suspected acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis as an outcome measure in clinical trials. Respir Res (2013) 1.10
Use of central institutional review boards for multicenter clinical trials in the United States: a review of the literature. Clin Trials (2013) 1.09