Published in J Palliat Med on April 01, 2008
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Prognosis communication in serious illness: perceptions of older patients, caregivers, and clinicians. J Am Geriatr Soc (2003) 3.13
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A campaign to improve the timeliness of primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Door-to-Balloon: An Alliance for Quality. JACC Cardiovasc Interv (2008) 2.69
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Driving times and distances to hospitals with percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States: implications for prehospital triage of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Circulation (2006) 2.40
The effect of do-not-resuscitate orders on physician decision-making. J Am Geriatr Soc (2002) 2.39
"That's like an act of suicide" patients' attitudes toward deactivation of implantable defibrillators. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 2.38
Determinants of medical expenditures in the last 6 months of life. Ann Intern Med (2011) 2.33
Research funding for palliative medicine. J Palliat Med (2008) 2.25
Getting by: underuse of interpreters by resident physicians. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 2.21
Hospital-based palliative care consultation: effects on hospital cost. J Palliat Med (2010) 2.19
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Improvements in door-to-balloon time in the United States, 2005 to 2010. Circulation (2011) 2.13
Hospice enrollment saves money for Medicare and improves care quality across a number of different lengths-of-stay. Health Aff (Millwood) (2013) 2.12
An official American Thoracic Society workshop report: assessment and palliative management of dyspnea crisis. Ann Am Thorac Soc (2013) 2.08
Relationship between hospital readmission and mortality rates for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia. JAMA (2013) 2.06
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Use of health care services by lower-income and higher-income uninsured adults. JAMA (2006) 2.01
"America's Best Hospitals" in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med (2007) 1.96
Pain and ethnicity in the United States: A systematic review. J Palliat Med (2006) 1.86
Hospice characteristics and the disenrollment of patients with cancer. Health Serv Res (2009) 1.86
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Interdisciplinary staffing patterns: do for-profit and nonprofit hospices differ? J Palliat Med (2010) 1.84
The effect of emergency department crowding on the management of pain in older adults with hip fracture. J Am Geriatr Soc (2006) 1.84
User's guide to research in palliative care: why is a new series needed? J Palliat Med (2008) 1.84
Impact of hospice disenrollment on health care use and medicare expenditures for patients with cancer. J Clin Oncol (2010) 1.81
Barriers to conversations about deactivation of implantable defibrillators in seriously ill patients: results of a nationwide survey comparing cardiology specialists to primary care physicians. J Am Coll Cardiol (2009) 1.76
Delay from symptom onset to hospital presentation for patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med (2010) 1.73
Ownership status and patterns of care in hospice: results from the National Home and Hospice Care Survey. Med Care (2004) 1.72
Deciding in the dark: advance directives and continuation of treatment in chronic critical illness. Crit Care Med (2009) 1.72
Palliative care for patients with head and neck cancer: "I would like a quick return to a normal lifestyle". JAMA (2008) 1.72
Hospital improvement in time to reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction, 1999 to 2002. J Am Coll Cardiol (2005) 1.69
Hospital collaboration with emergency medical services in the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction: perspectives from key hospital staff. Ann Emerg Med (2012) 1.67
Fall-risk evaluation and management: challenges in adopting geriatric care practices. Gerontologist (2006) 1.66
A strategy to advance the evidence base in palliative medicine: formation of a palliative care research cooperative group. J Palliat Med (2010) 1.64
"It's like crossing a bridge" complexities preventing physicians from discussing deactivation of implantable defibrillators at the end of life. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 1.63
Patient relocation in the 6 months after hip fracture: risk factors for fragmented care. J Am Geriatr Soc (2004) 1.60
US emergency department performance on wait time and length of visit. Ann Emerg Med (2009) 1.59
Factors associated with longer time from symptom onset to hospital presentation for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med (2008) 1.59
Methods for constructing and assessing propensity scores. Health Serv Res (2014) 1.54
Informed consent for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: assessing variations in surgeon opinion through a national survey. J Vasc Surg (2008) 1.54
Cognitive impairment in hip fracture patients: timing of detection and longitudinal follow-up. J Am Geriatr Soc (2003) 1.53
An update: NIH research funding for palliative medicine 2006 to 2010. J Palliat Med (2013) 1.52
Educating leaders in hospital management: a new model in Sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Qual Health Care (2009) 1.51
Quality of care in the US territories. Arch Intern Med (2011) 1.49
A randomized outpatient trial of a decision-support information technology tool. Arch Intern Med (2005) 1.49
Length of hospice enrollment and subsequent depression in family caregivers: 13-month follow-up study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (2006) 1.48
The effect of spousal mental and physical health on husbands' and wives' depressive symptoms, among older adults: longitudinal evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey. J Aging Health (2004) 1.47
Geographic access to hospice in the United States. J Palliat Med (2010) 1.46
When critical illness becomes chronic: informational needs of patients and families. J Crit Care (2005) 1.46
Will older persons and their clinicians use a shared decision-making instrument? J Gen Intern Med (2005) 1.46
Brain dysfunction: another burden for the chronically critically ill. Arch Intern Med (2006) 1.45
Hospice care: what services do patients and their families receive? Health Serv Res (2007) 1.45
The association between treatment preferences and trajectories of care at the end-of-life. J Gen Intern Med (2007) 1.44
Study design, precision, and validity in observational studies. J Palliat Med (2009) 1.42
Community health workers in low- and middle-income countries: what do we know about scaling up and sustainability? Am J Public Health (2013) 1.42
Goal setting as a shared decision making strategy among clinicians and their older patients. Patient Educ Couns (2006) 1.42
Communication about chronic critical illness. Arch Intern Med (2007) 1.42
Early ambulation after hip fracture: effects on function and mortality. Arch Intern Med (2006) 1.41
Evaluating palliative care programs: let's do it right. J Palliat Med (2007) 1.38
"Out of sight, out of mind": housestaff perceptions of quality-limiting factors in discharge care at teaching hospitals. J Hosp Med (2012) 1.38
Comparison of the mental health of female adult film performers and other young women in California. Psychiatr Serv (2011) 1.37
Socioeconomic disparities in outcomes after acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J (2007) 1.36
The quality of emergency department pain care for older adult patients. J Am Geriatr Soc (2010) 1.36
Hospices' enrollment policies may contribute to underuse of hospice care in the United States. Health Aff (Millwood) (2012) 1.36
What matters to seriously ill older persons making end-of-life treatment decisions?: A qualitative study. J Palliat Med (2003) 1.35
The persistence of depressive symptoms in older workers who experience involuntary job loss: results from the health and retirement survey. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2006) 1.35
Economic impact of hospital inpatient palliative care consultation: review of current evidence and directions for future research. J Palliat Med (2014) 1.35
Influence of patients' socioeconomic status on clinical management decisions: a qualitative study. Ann Fam Med (2008) 1.34
"Learning by doing"--resident perspectives on developing competency in high-quality discharge care. J Gen Intern Med (2012) 1.34
Dissemination of the hospital elder life program: implementation, adaptation, and successes. J Am Geriatr Soc (2006) 1.33
Quality improvement: science and action. Circulation (2009) 1.32
Involuntary job loss as a risk factor for subsequent myocardial infarction and stroke: findings from the Health and Retirement Survey. Am J Ind Med (2004) 1.31
Hospital management in the context of health sector reform: a planning model in Ethiopia. Int J Health Plann Manage (2008) 1.31
Building capacity in health facility management: guiding principles for skills transfer in Liberia. Hum Resour Health (2010) 1.31
Quality of palliative care at US hospices: results of a national survey. Med Care (2011) 1.30
Assessment of patient preferences: integrating treatments and outcomes. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2002) 1.30
Female genital cutting: current practices and beliefs in western Africa. Bull World Health Organ (2011) 1.28