Published in J R Soc Med on January 01, 2008
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Measuring productivity. J R Soc Med (2008) 0.75
Reform of the clinical excellence awards scheme: why are we waiting? J R Soc Med (2012) 0.75
Does it matter that medical graduates don't get jobs as doctors? No. BMJ (2008) 0.75
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Loss of British-trained doctors from the medical workforce in Great Britain. Med Educ (2001) 1.70
Variation in activity rates of consultant surgeons and the influence of reward structures in the English NHS. J Health Serv Res Policy (2004) 1.63
The productivity of Washington State's obstetrician-gynecologist workforce: does gender make a difference? Obstet Gynecol (2004) 1.02
The effect of cardiac resynchronization on morbidity and mortality in heart failure. N Engl J Med (2005) 20.72
Early appraisal of China's huge and complex health-care reforms. Lancet (2012) 7.71
Early onset of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressant action: systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Gen Psychiatry (2006) 4.30
The perindopril in elderly people with chronic heart failure (PEP-CHF) study. Eur Heart J (2006) 4.10
Putting the record straight on aprotinin as safe and effective: results from a mixed treatment meta-analysis of trials of aprotinin. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 3.74
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Reforming the consultant contract again? BMJ (2004) 3.53
Impact of NICE guidance on laparoscopic surgery for inguinal hernias: analysis of interrupted time series. BMJ (2003) 3.39
Clinical medication review by a pharmacist of elderly people living in care homes--randomised controlled trial. Age Ageing (2006) 3.21
Activity based financing in England: the need for continual refinement of payment by results. Health Econ Policy Law (2007) 2.92
Understanding patients' adherence-related beliefs about medicines prescribed for long-term conditions: a meta-analytic review of the Necessity-Concerns Framework. PLoS One (2013) 2.50
Cardiovascular outcomes in the AFFIRM Trial (Atrial Fibrillation Follow-Up Investigation of Rhythm Management). An assessment of individual antiarrhythmic drug therapies compared with rate control with propensity score-matched analyses. J Am Coll Cardiol (2011) 2.42
Evaluation of a complex intervention for changing professional behaviour: the Evidence Based Out Reach (EBOR) Trial. J Health Serv Res Policy (2002) 2.33
Effect of the quality and outcomes framework on diabetes care in the United Kingdom: retrospective cohort study. BMJ (2009) 2.25
Medicalisation, limits to medicine, or never enough money to go around? BMJ (2002) 2.21
Specialist nurse-led intervention to treat and control hypertension and hyperlipidemia in diabetes (SPLINT): a randomized controlled trial. Diabetes Care (2003) 2.19
Response rate or time to progression as predictors of survival in trials of metastatic colorectal cancer or non-small-cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis. Lancet Oncol (2006) 2.17
Efficacy and tolerability of venlafaxine compared with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and other antidepressants: a meta-analysis. Br J Psychiatry (2002) 2.17
Bleeding in cardiac surgery: the use of aprotinin does not affect survival. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 2.15
Consultants: managing them means measuring them. Health Serv J (2002) 2.02
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Challenges for the National Institute for Clinical Excellence. BMJ (2004) 1.93
Cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of primary care mental health workers. Br J Gen Pract (2007) 1.91
Transparency in health technology assessments. BMJ (2007) 1.85
Cost-effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy: results from the CARE-HF trial. Eur Heart J (2005) 1.81
Predictors and treatment response with cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with heart failure characterized by dyssynchrony: a pre-defined analysis from the CARE-HF trial. Eur Heart J (2007) 1.81
Variation in recorded child maltreatment concerns in UK primary care records: a cohort study using The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database. PLoS One (2012) 1.80
Examination performance of graduate entry medical students compared with mainstream students. J R Soc Med (2009) 1.72
Trust, performance management and the new GP contract. Br J Gen Pract (2003) 1.72
Do men consult less than women? An analysis of routinely collected UK general practice data. BMJ Open (2013) 1.69
The impact of chronic heart failure on health-related quality of life data acquired in the baseline phase of the CARE-HF study. Eur J Heart Fail (2005) 1.68
The limit of plausibility for predictors of response: application to biventricular pacing. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging (2012) 1.67
Early and sustained effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with moderate to severe heart failure and cardiac dyssynchrony. Eur Heart J (2007) 1.65
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The Heart Failure Revascularisation Trial (HEART). Eur J Heart Fail (2010) 1.57
Are randomized trials conducted in China or India biased? A comparative empirical analysis. J Clin Epidemiol (2010) 1.55
The new EuroSCORE II does not improve prediction of mortality in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a collaborative analysis of two European centres. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 1.55
Meta-analysis of brain weight in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res (2003) 1.54
Do shock absorbing insoles in recruits undertaking high levels of physical activity reduce lower limb injury? A randomized controlled trial. J R Soc Med (2006) 1.48
Antenatal peer support workers and initiation of breast feeding: cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ (2009) 1.48
Healthcare lessons from Australia: what can Michael Howard learn from John Howard? BMJ (2005) 1.46
The relationship between high-frequency right ventricular pacing and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation burden. Europace (2009) 1.43
Economics: the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the world? Lancet (2013) 1.40
Commentary on the EBOR trial report. Br J Gen Pract (2002) 1.40
Privatisation: an exercise in ambiguity and ideology. Br J Gen Pract (2012) 1.38
Clinical trials update from the American Heart Association: REPAIR-AMI, ASTAMI, JELIS, MEGA, REVIVE-II, SURVIVE, and PROACTIVE. Eur J Heart Fail (2006) 1.38
The productivity of health care. Health Econ (2006) 1.37
Free drugs for all? J R Soc Med (2009) 1.37
The long-term cost-effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy with or without an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. Eur Heart J (2006) 1.36
An assessment of the quality of randomised controlled trials conducted in China. Trials (2008) 1.35
Long-term left ventricular reverse remodelling with cardiac resynchronization therapy: results from the CARE-HF trial. Eur J Heart Fail (2009) 1.32
Do we need more doctors? J R Soc Med (2006) 1.29
Trap of trends to statistical significance: likelihood of near significant P value becoming more significant with extra data. BMJ (2014) 1.26
Management of type 2 diabetes with multiple oral hypoglycaemic agents or insulin in primary care: retrospective cohort study. Br J Gen Pract (2007) 1.25
Clinical trials update and cumulative meta-analyses from the American College of Cardiology: WATCH, SCD-HeFT, DINAMIT, CASINO, INSPIRE, STRATUS-US, RIO-Lipids and cardiac resynchronisation therapy in heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail (2004) 1.24
The effect of venlafaxine compared with other antidepressants and placebo in the treatment of major depression: a meta-analysis. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci (2009) 1.23
The clinical impact of implantable loop recorders in patients with syncope. Eur Heart J (2005) 1.22
Funding for the National Health Service. Lancet (2002) 1.20
Long-term mortality with cardiac resynchronization therapy in the Cardiac Resynchronization-Heart Failure (CARE-HF) trial. Eur J Heart Fail (2012) 1.19
The effectiveness and relative effectiveness of intravenous inotropic drugs acting through the adrenergic pathway in patients with heart failure-a meta-regression analysis. Eur J Heart Fail (2002) 1.17
Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on long-term quality of life: an analysis from the CArdiac Resynchronisation-Heart Failure (CARE-HF) study. Am Heart J (2009) 1.16
Nurse staffing and healthcare outcomes: a systematic review of the international research evidence. ANS Adv Nurs Sci (2005) 1.16
Evaluation of the management of heart failure in primary care. Fam Pract (2009) 1.15
Surface electrocardiogram to predict outcome in candidates for cardiac resynchronization therapy: a sub-analysis of the CARE-HF trial. Eur J Heart Fail (2009) 1.14
Predicting the long-term effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on mortality from baseline variables and the early response a report from the CARE-HF (Cardiac Resynchronization in Heart Failure) Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) 1.14
Physiotherapy rehabilitation post first lumbar discectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2011) 1.14
Relation between mild renal dysfunction and outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting. Circulation (2005) 1.13
Updating evidence-based clinical guidelines. J Health Serv Res Policy (2002) 1.13
REDIRECT: cluster randomised controlled trial of GP training in first-episode psychosis. Br J Gen Pract (2009) 1.12
Reducing duration of untreated psychosis: care pathways to early intervention in psychosis services. Br J Psychiatry (2013) 1.11
A systematic review of risk prediction in adult cardiac surgery: considerations for future model development. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 1.06
Patients' perceptions of subcutaneous insulin in the OPTIMIZE study: a multicenter follow-up study. Diabetes Technol Ther (2008) 1.06
Prevalence of heart failure and atrial fibrillation in minority ethnic subjects: the Ethnic-Echocardiographic Heart of England Screening Study (E-ECHOES). PLoS One (2011) 1.05
Cost-effective undergraduate medical education? J R Soc Med (2009) 1.04
Systematic review of peer support for breastfeeding continuation: metaregression analysis of the effect of setting, intensity, and timing. BMJ (2012) 1.04
Specialist nurse-led clinics to improve control of hypertension and hyperlipidemia in diabetes: economic analysis of the SPLINT trial. Diabetes Care (2005) 1.03
The unmet need for interpreting provision in UK primary care. PLoS One (2011) 1.03
The effects of aetiology on outcome in patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy in the CARE-HF trial. Eur Heart J (2009) 1.02
Trends in consultant clinical activity and the effect of the 2003 contract change: retrospective analysis of secondary data. J R Soc Med (2012) 1.01
Access to interpreting services in England: secondary analysis of national data. BMC Public Health (2009) 1.00
Effect of cardiac resynchronization on the incidence of atrial fibrillation in patients with severe heart failure. Circulation (2006) 0.99
Shifting the deckchairs on the NHS Titanic. J R Soc Med (2010) 0.99
Composite and surrogate outcomes in randomised controlled trials. BMJ (2007) 0.97
The use of interim data and Data Monitoring Committee recommendations in randomized controlled trial reports: frequency, implications and potential sources of bias. BMC Med Res Methodol (2008) 0.96
Prevalence of ECG abnormalities in an international survey of patients with suspected or confirmed heart failure at death or discharge. Eur J Heart Fail (2007) 0.96
Development and validation of the Economic Assessment of Glycemic Control and Long-Term Effects of diabetes (EAGLE) model. Diabetes Technol Ther (2006) 0.95
The UK national evaluation of the development and impact of Early Intervention Services (the National EDEN studies): study rationale, design and baseline characteristics. Early Interv Psychiatry (2013) 0.94
Cardiac resynchronization therapy: are modern myths preventing appropriate use? J Am Coll Cardiol (2009) 0.93
A randomised controlled non-inferiority trial of primary care-based facilitated access to an alcohol reduction website (EFAR-FVG): the study protocol. BMJ Open (2013) 0.92
Observational evidence for determining drug safety. BMJ (2008) 0.92
What drives health-care spending priorities? An international survey of health-care professionals. PLoS Med (2007) 0.92
Design of the BiRmingham Early Detection In untREated psyChosis Trial (REDIRECT): cluster randomised controlled trial of general practitioner education in detection of first episode psychosis [ISRCTN87898421]. BMC Health Serv Res (2005) 0.91
Predictors of mortality from pump failure and sudden cardiac death in patients with systolic heart failure and left ventricular dyssynchrony: results of the CARE-HF trial. J Card Fail (2008) 0.91
Effect of cardiac resynchronization on morbidity and mortality of diabetic patients with severe heart failure. Diabetes Care (2007) 0.89
Baseline observations from the POSSIBLE EU® study: characteristics of postmenopausal women receiving bone loss medications. Arch Osteoporos (2010) 0.89
The diagnosis of heart failure in European primary care: The IMPROVEMENT Programme survey of perception and practice. Eur J Heart Fail (2005) 0.88