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Richard J Lilford

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Top papers

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1 The stepped wedge trial design: a systematic review. BMC Med Res Methodol 2006 6.52
2 Evidence of methodological bias in hospital standardised mortality ratios: retrospective database study of English hospitals. BMJ 2009 6.08
3 Computed tomographic colonography versus colonoscopy for investigation of patients with symptoms suggestive of colorectal cancer (SIGGAR): a multicentre randomised trial. Lancet 2013 5.14
4 Presence and severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in a large prospective primary care cohort. J Hepatol 2011 3.16
5 What is the empirical evidence that hospitals with higher-risk adjusted mortality rates provide poorer quality care? A systematic review of the literature. BMC Health Serv Res 2007 3.02
6 Computed tomographic colonography versus barium enema for diagnosis of colorectal cancer or large polyps in symptomatic patients (SIGGAR): a multicentre randomised trial. Lancet 2013 2.72
7 Sample size calculations for cluster randomised controlled trials with a fixed number of clusters. BMC Med Res Methodol 2011 2.47
8 Selecting medical students. BMJ 2008 1.58
9 A systematic review of tests of empathy in medicine. BMC Med Educ 2007 1.56
10 The relationship between progression-free and post-progression survival in treating four types of metastatic cancer. Cancer Lett 2008 1.35
11 Is antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery a generally effective intervention? Testing a generic hypothesis over a set of meta-analyses. Ann Surg 2009 1.33
12 Integrating health economics modeling in the product development cycle of medical devices: a Bayesian approach. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2008 1.10
13 The ethics of placebo-controlled trials: a comparison of inert and active placebo controls. World J Surg 2005 1.10
14 Assessing and understanding quality of care in a labour ward: a pilot study combining clinical and social science perspectives in Gondar, Ethiopia. Soc Sci Med 2010 1.05
15 Can an electronic prescribing system detect doctors who are more likely to make a serious prescribing error? J R Soc Med 2011 1.01
16 Choosing between CT colonography and colonoscopy in the diagnostic context: a qualitative study of influences on patient preferences. Health Expect 2009 1.00
17 Patient acceptability and psychologic consequences of CT colonography compared with those of colonoscopy: results from a multicenter randomized controlled trial of symptomatic patients. Radiology 2012 0.98
18 Design of a multicentre randomized trial to evaluate CT colonography versus colonoscopy or barium enema for diagnosis of colonic cancer in older symptomatic patients: the SIGGAR study. Trials 2007 0.97
19 Patient acceptability of CT colonography compared with double contrast barium enema: results from a multicentre randomised controlled trial of symptomatic patients. Eur Radiol 2011 0.96
20 The epistemology of patient safety research. Int J Evid Based Healthc 2008 0.92
21 Idiopathic impaired spermatogenesis: genetic epidemiology is unlikely to provide a short-cut to better understanding. Hum Reprod Update 2004 0.90
22 Case-mix adjusted hospital mortality is a poor proxy for preventable mortality: a modelling study. BMJ Qual Saf 2012 0.90
23 Should patients with abnormal liver function tests in primary care be tested for chronic viral hepatitis: cost minimisation analysis based on a comprehensively tested cohort. BMC Fam Pract 2011 0.89
24 Tracing the foundations of a conceptual framework for a patient safety ontology. Qual Saf Health Care 2010 0.87
25 Bayesian cohort and cross-sectional analyses of the PINCER trial: a pharmacist-led intervention to reduce medication errors in primary care. PLoS One 2012 0.86
26 A systematic review of systematic reviews and panoramic meta-analysis: staples versus sutures for surgical procedures. PLoS One 2013 0.86
27 Familial clustering of impaired spermatogenesis: no evidence for a common genetic inheritance pattern. Hum Reprod 2004 0.85
28 Modeling payback from research into the efficacy of left-ventricular assist devices as destination therapy. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2007 0.85
29 Pricing of medical devices under coverage uncertainty--a modelling approach. Health Econ 2011 0.85
30 The impact of describing clinical trial treatments as new or standard. Patient Educ Couns 2004 0.83
31 The methodological quality of cluster randomised controlled trials for managing tropical parasitic disease: a review of trials published from 1998 to 2007. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2009 0.83
32 Evaluation of a predevelopment service delivery intervention: an application to improve clinical handovers. BMJ Qual Saf 2012 0.83
33 Pooling systematic reviews of systematic reviews: a Bayesian panoramic meta-analysis. Stat Med 2011 0.81
34 Effectiveness of percutaneous vesico-amniotic shunting in congenital lower urinary tract obstruction: divergence in prior beliefs among specialist groups. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2010 0.80
35 The effects of laryngeal mask airway passage simulation training on the acquisition of undergraduate clinical skills: a randomised controlled trial. BMC Med Educ 2011 0.79
36 Efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery when considered over all cancer types: a synthesis of meta-analyses. Ann Surg Oncol 2012 0.79
37 Clinical effectiveness in cardiovascular trials in relation to the importance to the patient of the end-points measured. J Eval Clin Pract 2010 0.77
38 Survey of Australasian clinicians' prior beliefs concerning lipiodol flushing as a treatment for infertility: a Bayesian study. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 2006 0.77
39 Estimating changes in overall survival using progression-free survival in metastatic breast and colorectal cancer. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2011 0.77
40 Two incorrect assertions about study of hospital standardised mortality ratios in the West Midlands. BMJ 2013 0.75
41 The ethics of underpowered clinical trials. JAMA 2002 0.75
42 MS risk sharing scheme. Response from chair of scientific advisory committee. BMJ 2010 0.75
43 A randomised trial of photographic reinforcement during postoperative counselling after diagnostic laparoscopy for pelvic pain. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2004 0.75
44 Sample-size calculations for trials that inform individual treatment decisions: a 'true-choice' approach. Clin Trials 2007 0.75
45 Browsing the internet. Does the internet limit or extend the human mind? Probably both. BMJ 2011 0.75
46 Implementation science at the crossroads. BMJ Qual Saf 2017 0.75