Published in Med Care on March 01, 2010
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Is mortality after hip fracture associated with surgical delay or admission during weekends and public holidays? A retrospective study of 38,020 patients. Acta Orthop (2012) 1.30
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Integration of advanced practice providers into the Israeli healthcare system. Isr J Health Policy Res (2016) 0.94
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Addressing inpatient crowding by smoothing occupancy at children's hospitals. J Hosp Med (2011) 0.84
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Prognostic impact of the time of admission and discharge from the intensive care unit. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva (2017) 0.75
Identifying seasonal and temporal trends in the pressures experienced by hospitals related to unscheduled care. BMC Health Serv Res (2016) 0.75
Treatment speed and high load in the Emergency Department-does staff quality matter? Health Care Manag Sci (2013) 0.75
Impact of multidisciplinary hip fracture program on timing of surgery in elderly patients. Osteoporos Int (2014) 0.75
Neonatal abstinence syndrome and associated health care expenditures: United States, 2000-2009. JAMA (2012) 5.10
Predictors of postoperative acute renal failure after noncardiac surgery in patients with previously normal renal function. Anesthesiology (2007) 3.96
Risk factors for depressive symptoms during pregnancy: a systematic review. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2010) 3.80
Hospital costs associated with surgical complications: a report from the private-sector National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Am Coll Surg (2004) 3.65
The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program in non-veterans administration hospitals: initial demonstration of feasibility. Ann Surg (2002) 3.44
Prevalence and determinants of insulin resistance among U.S. adolescents: a population-based study. Diabetes Care (2006) 2.84
Development and validation of an acute kidney injury risk index for patients undergoing general surgery: results from a national data set. Anesthesiology (2009) 2.59
Conflicting measures of hospital quality: ratings from "Hospital Compare" versus "Best Hospitals". J Hosp Med (2007) 2.45
Expected adverse events in a mass smallpox vaccination campaign. Eff Clin Pract (2002) 2.36
Successful implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program in the private sector: the Patient Safety in Surgery study. Ann Surg (2008) 2.34
Parental vaccine safety concerns in 2009. Pediatrics (2010) 2.31
The patient safety in surgery study: background, study design, and patient populations. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 2.22
How a regional collaborative of hospitals and physicians in Michigan cut costs and improved the quality of care. Health Aff (Millwood) (2011) 2.22
Discussion of illness during well-child care visits with parents of children with and without special health care needs. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2007) 2.15
The influence of procedure delay on resource use: a national study of patients with open tibial fracture. Plast Reconstr Surg (2013) 2.06
Who pays for poor surgical quality? Building a business case for quality improvement. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 2.03
A framework for evaluating student perceptions of health policy training in medical school. Acad Med (2014) 1.97
Association between sarcopenia and the risk of serious infection among adults undergoing liver transplantation. Liver Transpl (2013) 1.88
Seasonal variation in surgical outcomes as measured by the American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP). Ann Surg (2007) 1.81
Accelerating the pace of surgical quality improvement: the power of hospital collaboration. Arch Surg (2010) 1.80
Geographic distribution of childhood diabetes and obesity relative to the supply of pediatric endocrinologists in the United States. J Pediatr (2007) 1.79
Do outcomes vary according to the source of admission to the pediatric intensive care unit? Pediatr Crit Care Med (2008) 1.74
Morphometric age and surgical risk. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 1.73
Surgical site infection and analytic morphometric assessment of body composition in patients undergoing midline laparotomy. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 1.73
Preoperative and intraoperative predictors of cardiac adverse events after general, vascular, and urological surgery. Anesthesiology (2009) 1.72
Herpes zoster-related hospitalizations and expenditures before and after introduction of the varicella vaccine in the United States. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 1.71
Effect of body mass index on the survival benefit of liver transplantation. Liver Transpl (2007) 1.69
Association of hospital-level volume of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cases and mortality. Analysis of the extracorporeal life support organization registry. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2015) 1.67
Donation after cardiac death as a strategy to increase deceased donor liver availability. Ann Surg (2006) 1.66
Fathers' depression related to positive and negative parenting behaviors with 1-year-old children. Pediatrics (2011) 1.66
Comorbid illnesses among critically ill hospitalized children: Impact on hospital resource use and mortality, 1997-2006. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2010) 1.64
Incremental costs of post-liver transplantation complications. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 1.63
Clinical redesign using all patient refined diagnosis related groups. Pediatrics (2004) 1.62
State and national estimates of insurance coverage and health care utilization for adolescents with chronic conditions from the National Survey of Children's Health, 2003. J Adolesc Health (2007) 1.60
A validation study of a retrospective venous thromboembolism risk scoring method. Ann Surg (2010) 1.59
Sarcopenia as a prognostic factor among patients with stage III melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol (2011) 1.57
The association of body mass index to postoperative outcomes in elderly vascular surgery patients: a reverse J-curve phenomenon. Anesth Analg (2010) 1.57
Trends in medical expulsive therapy use for urinary stone disease in U.S. emergency departments. Urology (2009) 1.56
Surgical site infection prevention: the importance of operative duration and blood transfusion--results of the first American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Best Practices Initiative. J Am Coll Surg (2008) 1.56
Identifying patients at high risk for venous thromboembolism requiring treatment after outpatient surgery. Ann Surg (2012) 1.55
Inpatient health care use among adult survivors of chronic childhood illnesses in the United States. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2006) 1.55
Variation in the use of intracranial-pressure monitoring and mortality in critically ill children with meningitis in the United States. Pediatrics (2006) 1.53
Sources and perceived credibility of vaccine-safety information for parents. Pediatrics (2011) 1.53
Patients' perspectives of care and surgical outcomes in Michigan: an analysis using the CAHPS hospital survey. Ann Surg (2014) 1.52
Pediatric hospital discharge interventions to reduce subsequent utilization: a systematic review. J Hosp Med (2013) 1.50
Characteristics and outcomes of interhospital transfers from level II to level I pediatric intensive care units. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2006) 1.50
Evaluating individual surgeons based on total hospital costs: evidence for variation in both total costs and volatility of costs. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 1.49
The Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative: a legacy of Shukri Khuri. Am J Surg (2009) 1.48
Financial implications of surgical complications in pediatric liver transplantation. Pediatr Transplant (2008) 1.48
There is plenty for everyone: transection of the infracardiac inferior vena cava during organ recovery. Liver Transpl (2012) 1.48
Frailty, core muscle size, and mortality in patients undergoing open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg (2011) 1.47
Comfort of general internists and general pediatricians in providing care for young adults with chronic illnesses of childhood. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 1.47
Disproportionate rise in Clostridium difficile-associated hospitalizations among US youth with inflammatory bowel disease, 1997-2011. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr (2015) 1.46
Variation in Transfusion Practices and the Effect on Outcomes After Noncardiac Surgery. Ann Surg (2015) 1.46
Intracranial pressure monitoring in childhood meningitis with coma: a national survey of neurosurgeons in the United States. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2011) 1.44
Is routine ureteral stenting cost-effective in renal transplantation? J Urol (2007) 1.41
Effect of a mass casualty incident: clinical outcomes and hospital charges for casualty patients versus concurrent inpatients. Acad Emerg Med (2012) 1.41
Posttonsillectomy hemorrhage in children with von Willebrand disease or hemophilia. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (2013) 1.40
Failure to Rescue as a Quality Improvement Approach in Transplantation: A First Effort to Evaluate This Tool in Pediatric Liver Transplantation. Transplantation (2016) 1.39
Parental report of health conditions and health care use among children with and without autism: National Survey of Children's Health. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2006) 1.39
Obesity, surgical site infection, and outcome following renal transplantation. Ann Surg (2009) 1.34
Incremental hospital charges associated with obesity as a secondary diagnosis in children. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2007) 1.33
A better approach to medical malpractice claims? The University of Michigan experience. J Health Life Sci Law (2009) 1.32
Parents' views on 3 shot-related visits: implications for use of adolescent vaccines like human papillomavirus vaccine. Acad Pediatr (2009) 1.32
Biliary complications following liver transplantation in the model for end-stage liver disease era: effect of donor, recipient, and technical factors. Liver Transpl (2008) 1.30
Frailty and delayed graft function in kidney transplant recipients. Arch Surg (2012) 1.30
A statewide assessment of surgical site infection following colectomy: the role of oral antibiotics. Ann Surg (2010) 1.29
Estimated cost-effectiveness of growth hormone therapy for idiopathic short stature. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2006) 1.28
The Michigan surgical quality collaborative: will a statewide quality improvement initiative pay for itself? Ann Surg (2007) 1.27
Measurement of foot traffic in the operating room: implications for infection control. Am J Med Qual (2009) 1.26
Advancing medical education by teaching health policy. N Engl J Med (2011) 1.26
Inpatient health care utilization for children dependent on long-term mechanical ventilation. Pediatrics (2011) 1.26
Do the AHRQ patient safety indicators flag conditions that are present at the time of hospital admission? Med Care (2008) 1.22
Long-term survival after liver transplantation in children with metabolic disorders. Pediatr Transplant (2002) 1.21
Antibiotic choice is independently associated with risk of surgical site infection after colectomy: a population-based cohort study. Ann Surg (2013) 1.20
Epidemiological and economic trends in inpatient and outpatient thyroidectomy in the United States, 1996-2006. Thyroid (2013) 1.19
National trends in adolescent bariatric surgical procedures and implications for surgical centers of excellence. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 1.17
Overcoming barriers to adherence to HPV vaccination recommendations. Am J Manag Care (2006) 1.15
Bullying and peer victimization among children with special health care needs. Pediatrics (2006) 1.15
Coordination of care by primary care practices: strategies, lessons and implications. Res Brief (2009) 1.14
Informatics and the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: automated processes could replace manual record review. J Am Coll Surg (2008) 1.13
Preventive care utilization among children with and without special health care needs: associations with unmet need. Ambul Pediatr (2008) 1.13
Partnering with payers to improve surgical quality: the Michigan plan. Surgery (2005) 1.12
Pediatrician self-efficacy for counseling parents of asthmatic children to quit smoking. Pediatrics (2004) 1.10
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver disseminated to the peritoneum treated with liver transplantation and interferon alpha-2B. Transplantation (2002) 1.09
Persistent gap of incremental charges for obesity as a secondary diagnosis in common pediatric hospitalizations. J Hosp Med (2009) 1.08
Parents' interest in predictive genetic testing for their children when a disease has no treatment. Pediatrics (2009) 1.08
When insurance status is not static: insurance transitions of low-income children and implications for health and health care. Ambul Pediatr (2004) 1.08
Nurturing a culture of patient safety and achieving lower malpractice risk through disclosure: lessons learned and future directions. Front Health Serv Manage (2012) 1.07
Being specific about being special: defining children's conditions and special health care needs. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2007) 1.06
Medical student perceptions of education in health care systems. Acad Med (2009) 1.04