Published in BMJ on August 13, 2008
Physicians' knowledge of and compliance with guidelines: an exploratory study in cardiovascular diseases. Dtsch Arztebl Int (2011) 4.18
Cohort profile: the English longitudinal study of ageing. Int J Epidemiol (2012) 3.45
Systematic review: Effects, design choices, and context of pay-for-performance in health care. BMC Health Serv Res (2010) 2.70
Community care of vulnerable older people: cause for concern. Br J Gen Pract (2013) 1.11
Assessing quality of care of elderly patients using the ACOVE quality indicator set: a systematic review. PLoS One (2011) 1.08
Quality indicators for the primary care of osteoarthritis: a systematic review. Ann Rheum Dis (2013) 1.01
Commentary: unintended consequences: what of quality outside the QOF? Br J Gen Pract (2009) 1.00
Development of a behaviour change intervention: a case study on the practical application of theory. Implement Sci (2014) 0.96
Gender-specific associations of vision and hearing impairments with adverse health outcomes in older Japanese: a population-based cohort study. BMC Geriatr (2009) 0.92
Measuring the quality of healthcare systems using composites. BMJ (2008) 0.92
Hand, hip and knee osteoarthritis in a Norwegian population-based study--the MUST protocol. BMC Musculoskelet Disord (2013) 0.88
Quality of care for OA: the effect of a point-of-care consultation recording template. Rheumatology (Oxford) (2014) 0.88
Is quality of colorectal cancer care good enough? Core measures development and its application for comparing hospitals in Taiwan. BMC Health Serv Res (2010) 0.87
The influence of time pressure on adherence to guidelines in primary care: an experimental study. BMJ Open (2013) 0.86
Correlation between prescribing quality and pharmaceutical costs in English primary care: national cross-sectional analysis. Br J Gen Pract (2011) 0.85
The Identity Crisis of Osteoarthritis in General Practice: A Qualitative Study Using Video-Stimulated Recall. Ann Fam Med (2015) 0.85
Does the evidence referenced in NICE guidelines reflect a primary care population? Br J Gen Pract (2011) 0.85
Comparative analysis of quality assurance in health care delivery and higher medical education. Adv Med Educ Pract (2012) 0.84
Implementing the NICE osteoarthritis guidelines: a mixed methods study and cluster randomised trial of a model osteoarthritis consultation in primary care--the Management of OsteoArthritis In Consultations (MOSAICS) study protocol. Implement Sci (2014) 0.84
Developing a model osteoarthritis consultation: a Delphi consensus exercise. BMC Musculoskelet Disord (2013) 0.83
A prospective study of mental health care for comorbid depressed mood in older adults with painful osteoarthritis. BMC Psychiatry (2011) 0.83
Osteoarthritis and the rule of halves. Osteoarthritis Cartilage (2014) 0.81
Self-reported quality of care for older adults from 2004 to 2011: a cohort study. Age Ageing (2014) 0.81
Achievement of treatment goals for secondary prevention of myocardial infarction or stroke in 29,325 patients with type 2 diabetes: a German/Austrian DPV-multicenter analysis. Cardiovasc Diabetol (2016) 0.80
Monitoring Osteoarthritis: A Cross-sectional Survey in General Practice. Clin Med Insights Arthritis Musculoskelet Disord (2013) 0.78
'Just another incentive scheme': a qualitative interview study of a local pay-for-performance scheme for primary care. BMC Fam Pract (2014) 0.78
Assessment of the quality of fall detection and management in primary care in the Netherlands based on the ACOVE quality indicators. Osteoporos Int (2015) 0.77
Economic inequalities in burden of illness, diagnosis and treatment of five long-term conditions in England: panel study. BMJ Open (2014) 0.75
A nurse-led clinic for patients consulting with osteoarthritis in general practice: development and impact of training in a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Fam Pract (2016) 0.75
Potential contribution of aspirin to cancer control programmes. Ecancermedicalscience (2008) 0.75
The virgin land of quality management: a first measure of patient safety climate at the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands. Drug Healthc Patient Saf (2016) 0.75
Self-reported quality care for knee osteoarthritis: comparisons across Denmark, Norway, Portugal and the UK. RMD Open (2015) 0.75
A survey of attitudes to clinical practice guidelines in general and adherence of the Korea practical guidelines for management of gallbladder polyp: a survey among private clinicians in Korea. Korean J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg (2014) 0.75
Effect of a model consultation informed by guidelines on recorded quality of care of osteoarthritis (MOSAICS): a cluster randomised controlled trial in primary care. Osteoarthritis Cartilage (2017) 0.75
Variations in achievement of evidence-based, high-impact quality indicators in general practice: An observational study. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
The quality of health care delivered to adults in the United States. N Engl J Med (2003) 50.33
Pay-for-performance programs in family practices in the United Kingdom. N Engl J Med (2006) 14.72
Systematic review of studies of quality of clinical care in general practice in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Qual Health Care (2001) 8.83
Effect of the transformation of the Veterans Affairs Health Care System on the quality of care. N Engl J Med (2003) 8.74
Successes and failures in the implementation of evidence-based guidelines for clinical practice. Med Care (2001) 7.56
A method for the detailed assessment of the appropriateness of medical technologies. Int J Technol Assess Health Care (1986) 7.26
Geriatric syndromes: clinical, research, and policy implications of a core geriatric concept. J Am Geriatr Soc (2007) 6.94
Comparison of quality of care for patients in the Veterans Health Administration and patients in a national sample. Ann Intern Med (2004) 6.86
Detecting differences in quality of care: the sensitivity of measures of process and outcome in treating acute myocardial infarction. BMJ (1995) 6.05
The quality of medical care provided to vulnerable community-dwelling older patients. Ann Intern Med (2003) 5.28
Quality of primary care in England with the introduction of pay for performance. N Engl J Med (2007) 5.25
The role of medical care in contributing to health improvements within societies. Int J Epidemiol (2001) 4.33
Geriatric care management for low-income seniors: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA (2007) 4.32
Quality of care is associated with survival in vulnerable older patients. Ann Intern Med (2005) 4.05
What is the concordance between the medical record and patient self-report as data sources for ambulatory care? Med Care (2006) 3.27
Quality of clinical primary care and targeted incentive payments: an observational study. Br J Gen Pract (2007) 2.59
Use of process measures to monitor the quality of clinical practice. BMJ (2007) 2.17
Combining multiple indicators of clinical quality: an evaluation of different analytic approaches. Med Care (2007) 2.07
Developing quality indicators for older adults: transfer from the USA to the UK is feasible. Qual Saf Health Care (2004) 1.72
Fall-risk evaluation and management: challenges in adopting geriatric care practices. Gerontologist (2006) 1.66
Commentary: three decades of the inverse care law. BMJ (2000) 1.57
The effect of a quality improvement initiative on the quality of other aspects of health care: the law of unintended consequences? Med Care (2007) 1.54
Diabetes retinopathy screening: audit of equity in participation and selected outcomes in South East London. J Med Screen (2006) 1.11
Management of heart failure in primary care after implementation of the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease: a cross-sectional study. Public Health (2005) 0.91
Potential population impact of the UK government strategy for reducing the burden of coronary heart disease in England: comparing primary and secondary prevention strategies. Qual Saf Health Care (2006) 0.91
A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with body mass index and predisposes to childhood and adult obesity. Science (2007) 37.88
New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk. Nat Genet (2010) 17.89
Disease and disadvantage in the United States and in England. JAMA (2006) 11.78
Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement. Syst Rev (2015) 11.05
Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain: a joint clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society. Ann Intern Med (2007) 9.88
Achieving health equity: from root causes to fair outcomes. Lancet (2007) 9.36
Association of urinary bisphenol A concentration with medical disorders and laboratory abnormalities in adults. JAMA (2008) 8.44
Meta-analysis: chronic disease self-management programs for older adults. Ann Intern Med (2005) 7.73
An open letter to The BMJ editors on qualitative research. BMJ (2016) 7.49
Comparison of quality of care for patients in the Veterans Health Administration and patients in a national sample. Ann Intern Med (2004) 6.86
Genetic variation in GIPR influences the glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge. Nat Genet (2010) 6.66
Screening, monitoring, and treatment of stage 1 to 3 chronic kidney disease: A clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med (2013) 6.07
Vitamin D and risk of cognitive decline in elderly persons. Arch Intern Med (2010) 5.20
The measurement of effort-reward imbalance at work: European comparisons. Soc Sci Med (2004) 5.19
Use of intensive insulin therapy for the management of glycemic control in hospitalized patients: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med (2011) 4.78
Population-based genome-wide association studies reveal six loci influencing plasma levels of liver enzymes. Am J Hum Genet (2008) 4.69
Interleukin-6 receptor pathways in coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of 82 studies. Lancet (2012) 4.63
Screening for colorectal cancer: a guidance statement from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med (2012) 4.47
Chronic stress at work and the metabolic syndrome: prospective study. BMJ (2006) 4.44
A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance. Nat Genet (2012) 4.37
Screening for HIV in health care settings: a guidance statement from the American College of Physicians and HIV Medicine Association. Ann Intern Med (2008) 4.28
Standardized reporting of clinical practice guidelines: a proposal from the Conference on Guideline Standardization. Ann Intern Med (2003) 4.15
Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk: a meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children. PLoS Med (2011) 3.94
Common variation in the FTO gene alters diabetes-related metabolic traits to the extent expected given its effect on BMI. Diabetes (2008) 3.76
Oral pharmacologic treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med (2012) 3.74
Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in hospitalized patients: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med (2011) 3.58
Adolescence and the social determinants of health. Lancet (2012) 3.56
Work stress and coronary heart disease: what are the mechanisms? Eur Heart J (2008) 3.56
Cohort profile: the English longitudinal study of ageing. Int J Epidemiol (2012) 3.45
New contract for general practitioners. BMJ (2003) 3.45
Positive affect and health-related neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, and inflammatory processes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 3.43
Social inequalities and the common mental disorders: a systematic review of the evidence. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2003) 3.24
Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals. PLoS Genet (2012) 3.21
Does autonomic function link social position to coronary risk? The Whitehall II study. Circulation (2005) 3.12
Population-based multidimensional assessment of older people in UK general practice: a cluster-randomised factorial trial. Lancet (2004) 2.96
A consensus approach toward the standardization of back pain definitions for use in prevalence studies. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2008) 2.94
Will this patient develop persistent disabling low back pain? JAMA (2010) 2.87
SLC2A9 is a high-capacity urate transporter in humans. PLoS Med (2008) 2.87
Socioeconomic status and health: the role of subjective social status. Soc Sci Med (2008) 2.82
The current landscape for direct-to-consumer genetic testing: legal, ethical, and policy issues. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet (2008) 2.81
Diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in adults: a clinical practice guideline from theAmerican College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med (2014) 2.75
High-value, cost-conscious health care: concepts for clinicians to evaluate the benefits, harms, and costs of medical interventions. Ann Intern Med (2011) 2.70
Pharmacologic treatment of low bone density or osteoporosis to prevent fractures: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med (2008) 2.69
Prospective study of social and other risk factors for incidence of type 2 diabetes in the Whitehall II study. Arch Intern Med (2004) 2.69
Diagnosis and management of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med (2007) 2.69
Facts, opinions and affaires du couer. 1975. Int J Epidemiol (2009) 2.67
Outcomes in patients waiting for antiretroviral treatment in the Free State Province, South Africa: prospective linkage study. AIDS (2010) 2.66
Quality of clinical primary care and targeted incentive payments: an observational study. Br J Gen Pract (2007) 2.59
Determinants of cardiovascular disease and other non-communicable diseases in Central and Eastern Europe: rationale and design of the HAPIEE study. BMC Public Health (2006) 2.54
A metaanalysis of severe upper gastrointestinal complications of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. J Rheumatol (2002) 2.54
Low back pain. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther (2012) 2.50
What does self rated health measure? Results from the British Whitehall II and French Gazel cohort studies. J Epidemiol Community Health (2006) 2.48
Upper endoscopy for gastroesophageal reflux disease: best practice advice from the clinical guidelines committee of the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med (2012) 2.47
A common haplotype of the glucokinase gene alters fasting glucose and birth weight: association in six studies and population-genetics analyses. Am J Hum Genet (2006) 2.44
Role of socialization in explaining social inequalities in health. Soc Sci Med (2004) 2.39
Using existing systematic reviews in complex systematic reviews. Ann Intern Med (2008) 2.36
Systematic review of prospective cohort studies of psychosocial factors in the etiology and prognosis of coronary heart disease. Semin Vasc Med (2002) 2.32
Neighbourhood deprivation and health: does it affect us all equally? Int J Epidemiol (2003) 2.29
Diagnostic imaging for low back pain: advice for high-value health care from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med (2011) 2.29
Weight, shape, and mortality risk in older persons: elevated waist-hip ratio, not high body mass index, is associated with a greater risk of death. Am J Clin Nutr (2006) 2.19
Social inequalities in self reported health in early old age: follow-up of prospective cohort study. BMJ (2007) 2.19
Differences in cortisol awakening response on work days and weekends in women and men from the Whitehall II cohort. Psychoneuroendocrinology (2004) 2.19
Variability in pharmacy interpretations of physician prescriptions. Med Care (2009) 2.18
The appropriateness method. Med Decis Making (2004) 2.17
Moderate alcohol consumption in older adults is associated with better cognition and well-being than abstinence. Age Ageing (2007) 2.14
Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways. Nat Genet (2012) 2.12
Relation between heavy and binge drinking and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in Novosibirsk, Russia: a prospective cohort study. Lancet (2002) 2.10
A genome-wide association study reveals variants in ARL15 that influence adiponectin levels. PLoS Genet (2009) 2.09
Seropositivity to cytomegalovirus, inflammation, all-cause and cardiovascular disease-related mortality in the United States. PLoS One (2011) 2.08
Excess suicides and attempted suicides in Italy attributable to the great recession. J Epidemiol Community Health (2012) 2.05
Screening for prostate cancer: a guidance statement from the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med (2013) 2.05
The end of age: but not for the worse off. Age Ageing (2002) 2.04
Uric acid measurement improves prediction of cardiovascular mortality in later life. J Am Geriatr Soc (2013) 2.04
Fisherfolk are among groups most at risk of HIV: cross-country analysis of prevalence and numbers infected. AIDS (2005) 2.01
Health behaviours, socioeconomic status, and mortality: further analyses of the British Whitehall II and the French GAZEL prospective cohorts. PLoS Med (2011) 1.99
Educational attainment but not measures of current socioeconomic circumstances are associated with leukocyte telomere length in healthy older men and women. Brain Behav Immun (2011) 1.98
Evidence-based interventions to improve the palliative care of pain, dyspnea, and depression at the end of life: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med (2008) 1.98
Socioeconomic circumstances and common mental disorders among Finnish and British public sector employees: evidence from the Helsinki Health Study and the Whitehall II Study. Int J Epidemiol (2007) 1.94
Screening for osteoporosis in men: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med (2008) 1.92
Health inequalities and the psychosocial environment-two scientific challenges. Soc Sci Med (2004) 1.90
Socioeconomic trajectories across the life course and health outcomes in midlife: evidence for the accumulation hypothesis? Int J Epidemiol (2004) 1.86
Physical activity in middle-aged adults reduces risks of functional impairment independent of its effect on weight. J Am Geriatr Soc (2007) 1.84
Allelic heterogeneity and more detailed analyses of known loci explain additional phenotypic variation and reveal complex patterns of association. Hum Mol Genet (2011) 1.83
The variability and quality of medication container labels. Arch Intern Med (2007) 1.83
Educational differences in the dynamics of disability incidence, recovery and mortality: Findings from the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS). Int J Epidemiol (2007) 1.82
Common variation in the beta-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase 1 gene affects circulating levels of carotenoids: a genome-wide association study. Am J Hum Genet (2009) 1.81
Global health equity and climate stabilisation: a common agenda. Lancet (2008) 1.78
Life expectancy in relation to cardiovascular risk factors: 38 year follow-up of 19,000 men in the Whitehall study. BMJ (2009) 1.77
The development of clinical practice guidelines and guidance statements of the American College of Physicians: summary of methods. Ann Intern Med (2010) 1.76
Use of complementary/alternative therapies by women with advanced-stage breast cancer. BMC Complement Altern Med (2002) 1.74
Association between fear of crime and mental health and physical functioning. Am J Public Health (2007) 1.74