Published in Ann Surg on April 01, 2010
Increases in mortality, length of stay, and cost associated with hospital-acquired infections in trauma patients. Arch Surg (2011) 1.68
Short-term and long-term orthopaedic issues in patients with fragility fractures. Clin Orthop Relat Res (2011) 1.03
Trends in racial disparities for injured patients admitted to trauma centers. Health Serv Res (2013) 0.89
The association between nurse staffing and hospital outcomes in injured patients. BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 0.88
Relationship between Leapfrog Safe Practices Survey and outcomes in trauma. Arch Surg (2011) 0.87
Impact of Risk Adjustment for Socioeconomic Status on Risk-adjusted Surgical Readmission Rates. Ann Surg (2016) 0.85
Retracted The impact of anesthesiologists on coronary artery bypass graft surgery outcomes. Anesth Analg (2015) 8.28
The Surgical Mortality Probability Model: derivation and validation of a simple risk prediction rule for noncardiac surgery. Ann Surg (2012) 3.20
Comparative effectiveness of shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopy for treating patients with kidney stones. JAMA Surg (2014) 2.89
Association between intraoperative blood transfusion and mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Anesthesiology (2011) 2.51
Impact of the present-on-admission indicator on hospital quality measurement: experience with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Inpatient Quality Indicators. Med Care (2008) 2.39
Overall survival advantage with partial nephrectomy: a bias of observational data? Cancer (2013) 2.21
Rating the quality of intensive care units: is it a function of the intensive care unit scoring system? Crit Care Med (2002) 2.19
Racial disparity in the dose and dose intensity of breast cancer adjuvant chemotherapy. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2003) 2.14
Comparative effectiveness of aggressive versus nonaggressive treatment among men with early-stage prostate cancer and differing comorbid disease burdens at diagnosis. Cancer (2014) 2.07
Perioperative outcomes among patients with the modified metabolic syndrome who are undergoing noncardiac surgery. Anesthesiology (2010) 2.03
Association of race and sites of care with pressure ulcers in high-risk nursing home residents. JAMA (2011) 1.98
Does date stamping ICD-9-CM codes increase the value of clinical information in administrative data? Health Serv Res (2006) 1.90
Trends in geographic disparities in allocation of health care resources in the US. Health Policy (2004) 1.88
Diagnostic breast magnetic resonance imaging and contralateral prophylactic mastectomy. Ann Surg Oncol (2009) 1.83
Improved access and quality of care after enrollment in the New York State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Pediatrics (2004) 1.81
The worst injury predicts mortality outcome the best: rethinking the role of multiple injuries in trauma outcome scoring. J Trauma (2003) 1.80
Health-related quality of life consequences of implantable cardioverter defibrillators: results from MADIT II. Med Care (2007) 1.70
The cost effectiveness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: results from the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial (MADIT)-II. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 1.70
Variation in hospital complication rates and failure-to-rescue for trauma patients. Ann Surg (2011) 1.69
Increases in mortality, length of stay, and cost associated with hospital-acquired infections in trauma patients. Arch Surg (2011) 1.68
Use of resident-origin data to define nursing home market boundaries. Inquiry (2002) 1.67
Nurse working conditions and patient safety outcomes. Med Care (2007) 1.67
Guidelines for palivizumab prophylaxis: are they based on infant's risk of hospitalization for respiratory syncytial viral disease? Pediatr Infect Dis J (2003) 1.67
The association between cost and quality in trauma: is greater spending associated with higher-quality care? Ann Surg (2010) 1.65
Hospital readmission after noncardiac surgery: the role of major complications. JAMA Surg (2014) 1.65
Cost-effectiveness analysis of palivizumab in premature infants without chronic lung disease. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2006) 1.64
Organizational climate and intensive care unit nurses' intention to leave. Crit Care Med (2006) 1.61
Does public insurance provide better financial protection against rising health care costs for families of children with special health care needs? Med Care (2008) 1.60
Are patients with coexisting mental disorders more likely to receive CABG surgery from low-quality cardiac surgeons? The experience in New York State. Med Care (2007) 1.58
Association between trauma quality indicators and outcomes for injured patients. Arch Surg (2011) 1.55
Variation in treatment associated with life expectancy in a population-based cohort of men with early-stage prostate cancer. Cancer (2014) 1.55
Hips can lie: impact of excluding isolated hip fractures on external benchmarking of trauma center performance. J Trauma (2010) 1.55
Identifying quality outliers in a large, multiple-institution database by using customized versions of the Simplified Acute Physiology Score II and the Mortality Probability Model II0. Crit Care Med (2002) 1.53
TMPM-ICD9: a trauma mortality prediction model based on ICD-9-CM codes. Ann Surg (2009) 1.46
The Survival Measurement and Reporting Trial for Trauma (SMARTT): background and study design. J Trauma (2010) 1.45
Accuracy of Medicare claims data in identifying Parkinsonism cases: comparison with the Medicare current beneficiary survey. Mov Disord (2007) 1.43
Complications in surgical patients. Arch Surg (2002) 1.43
Impact of patient volume on the mortality rate of adult intensive care unit patients. Crit Care Med (2006) 1.42
Hospital performance in caring for injured patients: does the type of injury make a difference? Arch Surg (2009) 1.41
Accuracy of hospital report cards based on administrative data. Health Serv Res (2006) 1.38
Estimating the potential impact of regionalizing health care delivery based on volume standards versus risk-adjusted mortality rate. Int J Qual Health Care (2007) 1.37
Economic burden associated with Parkinson's disease on elderly Medicare beneficiaries. Mov Disord (2006) 1.35
Reduction in racial and ethnic disparities after enrollment in the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Pediatrics (2005) 1.30
Impact of changing the statistical methodology on hospital and surgeon ranking: the case of the New York State cardiac surgery report card. Med Care (2006) 1.27
Who's enrolled in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)? An overview of findings from the Child Health Insurance Research Initiative (CHIRI). Pediatrics (2003) 1.25
Nurse working conditions, organizational climate, and intent to leave in ICUs: an instrumental variable approach. Health Serv Res (2007) 1.24
Correlates and effect of suboptimal radiotherapy in women with ductal carcinoma in situ or early invasive breast cancer. Cancer (2008) 1.23
The impact of buprenorphine on treatment of opioid dependence in a Medicaid population: recent service utilization trends in the use of buprenorphine and methadone. Drug Alcohol Depend (2011) 1.20
Mental illness and hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive medical conditions. Med Care (2008) 1.20
State regulatory enforcement and nursing home termination from the medicare and medicaid programs. Health Serv Res (2010) 1.18
Improving the Glasgow Coma Scale score: motor score alone is a better predictor. J Trauma (2003) 1.15
Predicting place of death in the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE): participant versus program characteristics. J Am Geriatr Soc (2002) 1.13
Variations in treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ in elderly women. Med Care (2004) 1.12
Individualized strategy for dosing luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists for androgen-independent prostate cancer: identification of outcomes and costs. J Oncol Pract (2006) 1.11
Improved asthma care after enrollment in the State Children's Health Insurance Program in New York. Pediatrics (2006) 1.11
Crowd-out in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): incidence, enrollee characteristics and experiences, and potential impact on New York's SCHIP. Health Serv Res (2008) 1.10
Do trends in the reporting of quality measures on the nursing home compare web site differ by nursing home characteristics? Gerontologist (2005) 1.09
Evaluating trauma center quality: does the choice of the severity-adjustment model make a difference? J Trauma (2005) 1.09
The role of race and ethnicity in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in four states: are there baseline disparities, and what do they mean for SCHIP? Pediatrics (2003) 1.08
Different expression ratio of S100A8/A9 and S100A12 in acute and chronic lung diseases. Respir Med (2007) 1.06
Racial disparities in receipt of influenza and pneumococcus vaccinations among US nursing-home residents. Am J Public Health (2010) 1.05
The relation between trauma center outcome and volume in the National Trauma Databank. J Trauma (2004) 1.05
Characteristics predicting nursing home admission in the program of all-inclusive care for elderly people. Gerontologist (2005) 1.05
The implications of using US-specific EQ-5D preference weights for cost-effectiveness evaluation. Med Decis Making (2007) 1.03