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Elizabeth H Bradley

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1 Understanding the treatment preferences of seriously ill patients. N Engl J Med 2002 10.84
2 Patterns of hospital performance in acute myocardial infarction and heart failure 30-day mortality and readmission. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2009 5.66
3 Consequences of inadequate sign-out for patient care. Arch Intern Med 2008 4.39
4 Qualitative and mixed methods provide unique contributions to outcomes research. Circulation 2009 4.28
5 Effect of door-to-balloon time on mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 4.11
6 Time to treatment in primary percutaneous coronary intervention. N Engl J Med 2007 3.95
7 Times to treatment in transfer patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States: National Registry of Myocardial Infarction (NRMI)-3/4 analysis. Circulation 2005 3.78
8 Relationship between time of day, day of week, timeliness of reperfusion, and in-hospital mortality for patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. JAMA 2005 3.46
9 Prognosis communication in serious illness: perceptions of older patients, caregivers, and clinicians. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003 3.13
10 Impact of race on the professional lives of physicians of African descent. Ann Intern Med 2007 2.92
11 A campaign to improve the timeliness of primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Door-to-Balloon: An Alliance for Quality. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2008 2.69
12 What distinguishes top-performing hospitals in acute myocardial infarction mortality rates? A qualitative study. Ann Intern Med 2011 2.65
13 Measuring performance for treating heart attacks and heart failure: the case for outcomes measurement. Health Aff (Millwood) 2007 2.62
14 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
15 "That's like an act of suicide" patients' attitudes toward deactivation of implantable defibrillators. J Gen Intern Med 2008 2.38
16 Getting by: underuse of interpreters by resident physicians. J Gen Intern Med 2008 2.21
17 Improvements in door-to-balloon time in the United States, 2005 to 2010. Circulation 2011 2.13
18 Relationship between hospital readmission and mortality rates for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia. JAMA 2013 2.06
19 Communication between physicians and family caregivers about care at the end of life: when do discussions occur and what is said? J Palliat Med 2005 2.05
20 Use of health care services by lower-income and higher-income uninsured adults. JAMA 2006 2.01
21 "America's Best Hospitals" in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med 2007 1.96
22 Hospice characteristics and the disenrollment of patients with cancer. Health Serv Res 2009 1.86
23 Interdisciplinary staffing patterns: do for-profit and nonprofit hospices differ? J Palliat Med 2010 1.84
24 Impact of hospice disenrollment on health care use and medicare expenditures for patients with cancer. J Clin Oncol 2010 1.81
25 Delay from symptom onset to hospital presentation for patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med 2010 1.73
26 Ownership status and patterns of care in hospice: results from the National Home and Hospice Care Survey. Med Care 2004 1.72
27 Hospital improvement in time to reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction, 1999 to 2002. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 1.69
28 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
29 Fall-risk evaluation and management: challenges in adopting geriatric care practices. Gerontologist 2006 1.66
30 "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
31 US emergency department performance on wait time and length of visit. Ann Emerg Med 2009 1.59
32 Factors associated with longer time from symptom onset to hospital presentation for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med 2008 1.59
33 Informed consent for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: assessing variations in surgeon opinion through a national survey. J Vasc Surg 2008 1.54
34 Educating leaders in hospital management: a new model in Sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Qual Health Care 2009 1.51
35 Quality of care in the US territories. Arch Intern Med 2011 1.49
36 A randomized outpatient trial of a decision-support information technology tool. Arch Intern Med 2005 1.49
37 Length of hospice enrollment and subsequent depression in family caregivers: 13-month follow-up study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2006 1.48
38 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
39 Geographic access to hospice in the United States. J Palliat Med 2010 1.46
40 Will older persons and their clinicians use a shared decision-making instrument? J Gen Intern Med 2005 1.46
41 Hospice care: what services do patients and their families receive? Health Serv Res 2007 1.45
42 The association between treatment preferences and trajectories of care at the end-of-life. J Gen Intern Med 2007 1.44
43 Implementation and integration of prehospital ECGs into systems of care for acute coronary syndrome: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Interdisciplinary Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, and Council on Clinical Cardiology. Circulation 2008 1.43
44 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
45 Goal setting as a shared decision making strategy among clinicians and their older patients. Patient Educ Couns 2006 1.42
46 "Out of sight, out of mind": housestaff perceptions of quality-limiting factors in discharge care at teaching hospitals. J Hosp Med 2012 1.38
47 Socioeconomic disparities in outcomes after acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J 2007 1.36
48 Hospices' enrollment policies may contribute to underuse of hospice care in the United States. Health Aff (Millwood) 2012 1.36
49 What matters to seriously ill older persons making end-of-life treatment decisions?: A qualitative study. J Palliat Med 2003 1.35
50 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
51 Influence of patients' socioeconomic status on clinical management decisions: a qualitative study. Ann Fam Med 2008 1.34
52 "Learning by doing"--resident perspectives on developing competency in high-quality discharge care. J Gen Intern Med 2012 1.34
53 Dissemination of the hospital elder life program: implementation, adaptation, and successes. J Am Geriatr Soc 2006 1.33
54 Quality improvement: science and action. Circulation 2009 1.32
55 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
56 Building capacity in health facility management: guiding principles for skills transfer in Liberia. Hum Resour Health 2010 1.31
57 Hospital management in the context of health sector reform: a planning model in Ethiopia. Int J Health Plann Manage 2008 1.31
58 Quality of palliative care at US hospices: results of a national survey. Med Care 2011 1.30
59 Assessment of patient preferences: integrating treatments and outcomes. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2002 1.30
60 Female genital cutting: current practices and beliefs in western Africa. Bull World Health Organ 2011 1.28
61 Centers speak up: the clinical context for health information technology in the ambulatory care setting. J Gen Intern Med 2008 1.28
62 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
63 Factors associated with caregiver burden among caregivers of terminally ill patients with cancer. J Palliat Care 2004 1.24
64 The pre-hospital electrocardiogram and time to reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction, 2000-2002: findings from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction-4. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 1.24
65 Mixed methods in biomedical and health services research. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2013 1.24
66 Quality of care for acute myocardial infarction at urban safety-net hospitals. Health Aff (Millwood) 2007 1.23
67 Unmet desire for caregiver-patient communication and increased caregiver burden. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005 1.23
68 Self-rated life expectancy as a predictor of mortality: evidence from the HRS and AHEAD surveys. Gerontology 2003 1.23
69 US hospice industry experienced considerable turbulence from changes in ownership, growth, and shift to for-profit status. Health Aff (Millwood) 2012 1.21
70 Survival after acute myocardial infarction (SAMI) study: the design and implementation of a positive deviance study. Am Heart J 2011 1.19
71 Sources of ethical conflict in medical housestaff training: a qualitative study. Am J Med 2004 1.17
72 Educating leaders in hospital management: a pre-post study in Ethiopian hospitals. Glob Public Health 2011 1.17
73 Improving access to hospice care: informing the debate. J Palliat Med 2008 1.15
74 Blueprint for the dissemination of evidence-based practices in health care. Issue Brief (Commonw Fund) 2010 1.13
75 Caring for grieving family members: results from a national hospice survey. Med Care 2012 1.13
76 Valuing the outcomes of treatment: do patients and their caregivers agree? Arch Intern Med 2003 1.12
77 The effect of recurrent involuntary job loss on the depressive symptoms of older US workers. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2006 1.10
78 National performance on door-in to door-out time among patients transferred for primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Arch Intern Med 2011 1.08
79 Percentage of US emergency department patients seen within the recommended triage time: 1997 to 2006. Arch Intern Med 2009 1.07
80 Has Hospice Use Changed? 2000-2010 Utilization Patterns. Med Care 2015 1.07
81 Use of preventive care by the working poor in the United States. Prev Med 2006 1.06
82 Managing health worker migration: a qualitative study of the Philippine response to nurse brain drain. Hum Resour Health 2012 1.06
83 Bereavement services for family caregivers: how often used, why, and why not. J Palliat Med 2007 1.06
84 Relation between hospital specialization with primary percutaneous coronary intervention and clinical outcomes in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: National Registry of Myocardial Infarction-4 analysis. Circulation 2006 1.04
85 Delay in presentation and reperfusion therapy in ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Am J Med 2008 1.04
86 Leadership development programs for physicians: a systematic review. J Gen Intern Med 2014 1.02
87 Achieving goals in geriatric assessment: role of caregiver agreement and adherence to recommendations. J Am Geriatr Soc 2004 1.01
88 Comparing hospital performance in door-to-balloon time between the Hospital Quality Alliance and the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 1.01
89 The effect of comorbidity burden on health care utilization for patients with cancer using hospice. J Palliat Med 2011 1.01
90 A brief questionnaire for assessing patient healthcare experiences in low-income settings. Int J Qual Health Care 2011 1.00
91 Incorporating the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist into practice at two hospitals in Liberia. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2012 0.99
92 Development of a brief instrument for assessing healthcare employee satisfaction in a low-income setting. PLoS One 2013 0.98
93 Changes in prognostic awareness among seriously ill older persons and their caregivers. J Palliat Med 2006 0.97
94 Poor mental health in Ghana: who is at risk? BMC Public Health 2013 0.96
95 Gender differences in presentation, management, and in-hospital outcomes for patients with AMI in a lower-middle income country: evidence from Egypt. PLoS One 2011 0.96
96 Frequency of HIV testing among persons with disabilities: results from the National Health Interview Survey, 2002. AIDS Educ Prev 2007 0.95
97 Characteristics of physician leaders working to improve the quality of care in acute myocardial infarction. Jt Comm J Qual Saf 2003 0.95
98 Institutional variation in the promotion of racial/ethnic minority faculty at US medical schools. Am J Public Health 2012 0.94
99 Everyday decision-making ability in older persons with cognitive impairment. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2008 0.92
100 Impact of delay in door-to-needle time on mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 2007 0.92
101 Developing patient registration and medical records management system in Ethiopia. Int J Qual Health Care 2009 0.92
102 Tailoring traditional interviewing techniques for qualitative research with seriously ill patients about the end-of-life: a primer. Omega (Westport) 2009 0.91
103 Identifying characteristics associated with performing recommended practices in maternal and newborn care among health facilities in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study. Hum Resour Health 2012 0.91
104 Race/ethnicity and workplace discrimination: results of a national survey of physicians. J Gen Intern Med 2009 0.91
105 Achieving large ends with limited means: grand strategy in global health. Int Health 2010 0.90
106 Correlations among risk-standardized mortality rates and among risk-standardized readmission rates within hospitals. J Hosp Med 2012 0.90
107 Self-management and transitions in women with advanced breast cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage 2011 0.89
108 Behaviors of successful interdisciplinary hospital quality improvement teams. J Hosp Med 2011 0.89
109 Impact of husbands' involuntary job loss on wives' mental health, among older adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2003 0.89
110 Nurses' communication of prognosis and implications for hospice referral: a study of nurses caring for terminally ill hospitalized patients. Am J Crit Care 2005 0.88
111 Healthcare workplace conversations on race and the perspectives of physicians of African descent. J Gen Intern Med 2008 0.88
112 Promoting publication of rigorous qualitative research. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2013 0.88
113 Building hospital management capacity to improve patient flow for cardiac catheterization at a cardiovascular hospital in Egypt. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2012 0.88
114 Quality of care in low- and middle-income settings: what next? Int J Qual Health Care 2012 0.88
115 Career satisfaction in primary care: a comparison of international and US medical graduates. J Gen Intern Med 2011 0.88
116 The gap between nurses and residents in a community hospital's error-reporting system. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2005 0.87
117 Doctor-patient communication about prognosis: the influence of race and financial status. J Palliat Med 2005 0.87
118 What is a good death? Minority and non-minority perspectives. J Palliat Care 2003 0.87
119 Nurses' attitudes and practice related to hospice care. J Nurs Scholarsh 2003 0.87
120 Evaluation of the Ethiopian Millennium Rural Initiative: impact on mortality and cost-effectiveness. PLoS One 2013 0.86
121 National quality campaigns: who benefits? Qual Saf Health Care 2010 0.86
122 Religiousness and major depression among bereaved family caregivers: a 13-month follow-up study. J Palliat Care 2006 0.86
123 Hospice for nursing home residents: does ownership type matter? J Palliat Med 2013 0.85
124 Features of high quality discharge planning for patients following acute myocardial infarction. J Gen Intern Med 2012 0.84
125 Trends in race-based differences in door-to-balloon times. Arch Intern Med 2010 0.84
126 Who is missing from the measures? Trends in the proportion and treatment of patients potentially excluded from publicly reported quality measures. Am Heart J 2010 0.83
127 Policy solutions to address the foreign-educated and foreign-born health care workforce in the United States. Health Aff (Millwood) 2013 0.83
128 Lactational amenorrhea method as a contraceptive strategy in Niger. Matern Child Health J 2013 0.83
129 In search of a good death: A good death is an oxymoron without consideration of mental health. BMJ 2003 0.83
130 What Works in Readmissions Reduction: How Hospitals Improve Performance. Med Care 2016 0.82
131 The Impact of Reported Hospice Preferred Practices on Hospital Utilization at the End of Life. Med Care 2016 0.82
132 Implementation of a registry for acute coronary syndrome in resource-limited settings: barriers and opportunities. Asia Pac J Public Health 2010 0.82
133 Community perspectives on roles and responsibilities for strengthening primary health care in rural Ethiopia. Glob Public Health 2012 0.82
134 Determinants of death in an inpatient hospice for terminally ill cancer patients. Palliat Support Care 2004 0.82
135 Benefits and challenges in use of a standardized symptom assessment instrument in hospice. J Palliat Med 2010 0.82
136 Innovation spread: lessons from HIV. Int J Qual Health Care 2013 0.81
137 Psychological distress in Ghana: associations with employment and lost productivity. Int J Ment Health Syst 2013 0.81
138 Implementing clinical guidelines in low-income settings: a review of literature. Glob Public Health 2013 0.80
139 Regulating palliative care: the case of hospice. J Pain Symptom Manage 2008 0.80
140 Health care workplace discrimination and physician turnover. J Natl Med Assoc 2009 0.80
141 Patient education to reduce prehospital delay time in acute coronary syndrome: necessary but not sufficient. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2009 0.79
142 Network-based social capital and capacity-building programs: an example from Ethiopia. Hum Resour Health 2010 0.79
143 Scaling up depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA): a systematic literature review illustrating the AIDED model. Reprod Health 2013 0.79
144 What matters to older African Americans facing end-of-life decisions? A focus group study. J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care 2005 0.79
145 One step at a time: self-management and transitions among women with ovarian cancer. Oncol Nurs Forum 2012 0.78
146 Physicians' interactions with third-party payers: is deception necessary? Arch Intern Med 2004 0.78
147 Inputs to quality: supervision, management, and community involvement in health facilities in Egypt in 2004. BMC Health Serv Res 2011 0.77
148 Public reporting and pay for performance. N Engl J Med 2007 0.77
149 Emergency physician activation of the cath lab: saving time, saving lives. Ann Emerg Med 2007 0.77
150 Who's behind an HCAHPS score? Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2011 0.77
151 Organizational resiliency: how top-performing hospitals respond to setbacks in improving quality of cardiac care. J Healthc Manag 2008 0.77
152 Clinical assessment of function among women with a recent cerebrovascular event: a self-reported versus performance-based measure. Ann Intern Med 2002 0.77
153 Common myths about caring for patients with terminal illness: opportunities to improve care in the hospital setting. J Hosp Med 2007 0.76
154 Improving health service delivery organisational performance in health systems: a taxonomy of strategy areas and conceptual framework for strategy selection. Int Health 2012 0.76
155 A critical evaluation of critical pathways in head and neck cancer. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2003 0.75
156 Experiences of participants in a collaborative to develop performance measures for hospice care. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2011 0.75
157 Osteoporosis knowledge, self-efficacy, and health beliefs among Chinese individuals with HIV. Arch Osteoporos 2014 0.75
158 State variation in HIV/AIDS health outcomes: the effect of spending on social services and public health. AIDS 2016 0.75
159 Economic evaluation of a comprehensive teenage pregnancy prevention program: pilot program. Am J Prev Med 2009 0.75
160 Residents' awareness of racial and ethnic disparities in cardiovascular care. J Grad Med Educ 2011 0.75
161 Refusal of care by patients. JAMA 2006 0.75
162 Testing a standardized symptom assessment tool: experiences from the NAHC QAPI Collaborative. Caring 2008 0.75
163 The role of intended use on actual use of home care: is race a factor? Home Health Care Serv Q 2004 0.75
164 Next generation leadership: a profile of self-rated competencies among administrative resident and fellows. J Health Adm Educ 2005 0.75
165 The effect of inpatient hospice units on hospice use post-admission. Home Health Care Serv Q 2002 0.75
166 Understanding the use and impact of the online community in a national quality improvement campaign. BMJ Qual Saf 2011 0.75
167 Cultivating next generation leadership: preceptors' rating of competencies in post-graduate administrative residents and fellows. J Health Adm Educ 2006 0.75
168 How can we improve care at the end of life in Connecticut? Recommendations from focus groups. Conn Med 2002 0.75
169 Applying five key success factors to optimize the quality of care for patients hospitalized with coronary artery disease. Prog Cardiovasc Nurs 2005 0.75