Published in Arch Intern Med on November 09, 2009
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"That's like an act of suicide" patients' attitudes toward deactivation of implantable defibrillators. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 2.38
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Hospice characteristics and the disenrollment of patients with cancer. Health Serv Res (2009) 1.86
Interdisciplinary staffing patterns: do for-profit and nonprofit hospices differ? J Palliat Med (2010) 1.84
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Delay from symptom onset to hospital presentation for patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med (2010) 1.73
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Factors associated with longer time from symptom onset to hospital presentation for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med (2008) 1.59
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Educating leaders in hospital management: a new model in Sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Qual Health Care (2009) 1.51
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A randomized outpatient trial of a decision-support information technology tool. Arch Intern Med (2005) 1.49
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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
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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
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Assessment of patient preferences: integrating treatments and outcomes. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2002) 1.30
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The Stressful Caregiving Adult Reactions to Experiences of Dying (SCARED) Scale: a measure for assessing caregiver exposure to distress in terminal care. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (2003) 1.25
Factors associated with caregiver burden among caregivers of terminally ill patients with cancer. J Palliat Care (2004) 1.24
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The effect of recurrent involuntary job loss on the depressive symptoms of older US workers. Int Arch Occup Environ Health (2006) 1.10
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The effect of comorbidity burden on health care utilization for patients with cancer using hospice. J Palliat Med (2011) 1.01
A brief questionnaire for assessing patient healthcare experiences in low-income settings. Int J Qual Health Care (2011) 1.00
Incorporating the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist into practice at two hospitals in Liberia. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2012) 0.99
Development of a brief instrument for assessing healthcare employee satisfaction in a low-income setting. PLoS One (2013) 0.98
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Poor mental health in Ghana: who is at risk? BMC Public Health (2013) 0.96
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Developing patient registration and medical records management system in Ethiopia. Int J Qual Health Care (2009) 0.92