Published in Health Econ on December 26, 2012
Withdrawal of mechanical ventilation in anticipation of death in the intensive care unit. N Engl J Med (2003) 7.32
A Trial of Wound Irrigation in the Initial Management of Open Fracture Wounds. N Engl J Med (2015) 5.28
Dalteparin versus unfractionated heparin in critically ill patients. N Engl J Med (2011) 4.59
"Interaction" and research utilisation in health policies and programs: does it work? Health Policy (2005) 2.33
Access as a policy-relevant concept in low- and middle-income countries. Health Econ Policy Law (2009) 2.13
The effect of different methods of remuneration on the behaviour of primary care dentists. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2013) 2.07
Exploring inequalities in access to and use of maternal health services in South Africa. BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 2.01
Optimizing a portfolio of health care programs in the presence of uncertainty and constrained resources. Soc Sci Med (2003) 2.01
(Sample) size matters! An examination of sample size from the SPRINT trial study to prospectively evaluate reamed intramedullary nails in patients with tibial fractures. J Orthop Trauma (2013) 1.54
Recruitment strategies for minority participation: challenges and cost lessons from the POWER interview. Ethn Dis (2005) 1.52
Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs): the silence of the lambda. Soc Sci Med (2005) 1.47
Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery: a large, international, prospective cohort study establishing diagnostic criteria, characteristics, predictors, and 30-day outcomes. Anesthesiology (2014) 1.47
Patients can provide a valid assessment of quality of life, functional status, and general health on the day they undergo knee surgery. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2008) 1.45
On the impossibility of trigger point-acupoint equivalence: a commentary on Peter Dorsher's analysis. J Altern Complement Med (2008) 1.45
Preferences of Women Evaluating Risks of Tamoxifen (POWER) study of preferences for tamoxifen for breast cancer risk reduction. Cancer (2005) 1.43
Circulating proangiogenic progenitor cells independently predict functional capacity in heart failure patients. Can J Cardiol (2012) 1.41
Influence of perceived functional and employment status on cardiopulmonary resuscitation directives. J Crit Care (2003) 1.39
Who you know, where you live: social capital, neighbourhood and health. Soc Sci Med (2004) 1.33
A review of the reliability of traditional East Asian medicine diagnoses. J Altern Complement Med (2009) 1.33
Inclusion of drugs in provincial drug benefit programs: Should "reasonable decisions" lead to uncontrolled growth in expenditures? CMAJ (2003) 1.18
Inter-observer agreement using the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale. CJEM (2002) 1.17
The Diabetes Continuity of Care Scale: the development and initial evaluation of a questionnaire that measures continuity of care from the patient perspective. Health Soc Care Community (2004) 1.16
An applied simulation model for estimating the supply of and requirements for registered nurses based on population health needs. Policy Polit Nurs Pract (2009) 1.15
Eliminating the shortage of registered nurses in Canada: an exercise in applied needs-based planning. Health Policy (2011) 1.10
NICE methodological guidelines and decision making in the National Health Service in England and Wales. Pharmacoeconomics (2003) 1.09
Planning for what? Challenging the assumptions of health human resources planning. Health Policy (2009) 1.07
Unemployment and health: contextual-level influences on the production of health in populations. Soc Sci Med (2002) 1.07
Optimizing antibiotics in residents of nursing homes: protocol of a randomized trial. BMC Health Serv Res (2002) 1.06
Health status of school-aged children with cerebral palsy: information from a population-based sample. Dev Med Child Neurol (2002) 1.03
A framework for costing diagnostic methods in oral health care: an application comparing a new imaging technology with the conventional approach for maxillary canines with eruption disturbances. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol (2012) 0.99
Summary of meta-analyses of therapies for postmenopausal osteoporosis and the relationship between bone density and fractures. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am (2002) 0.99
Which nomogram is best for predicting non-sentinel lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients? A meta-analysis. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2013) 0.98
Equity in the use of antiretroviral treatment in the public health care system in urban South Africa. Health Policy (2010) 0.96
The effects of nursing turnover on continuity of care in isolated First Nation communities. Can J Nurs Res (2005) 0.95
Individual and regional determinants of mammography uptake. Can J Public Health (2004) 0.93
Inequalities in neighbourhood socioeconomic characteristics: potential evidence-base for neighbourhood health planning. Int J Health Geogr (2005) 0.92
Management of the low-grade abnormal Pap smear: What are women's preferences? J Fam Pract (2002) 0.90
Surveillance after treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: outcomes, costs, and cost-effectiveness. Obstet Gynecol (2010) 0.89
Optimizing the mix of basic dental services for Southern Thai schoolchildren based on resource consumption, service needs and parental preference. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol (2009) 0.89
Jejunostomy tube feeding in patients undergoing esophagectomy. Can J Surg (2013) 0.88
Economic evaluation of HIV screening in pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in India. Health Policy (2005) 0.87
Gender differences in experiences of ART services in South Africa: a mixed methods study. Trop Med Int Health (2012) 0.87
Investigating the reliability of Japanese toyohari meridian therapy diagnosis. J Altern Complement Med (2009) 0.86
Unequal access to ART: exploratory results from rural and urban case studies of ART use. Sex Transm Infect (2012) 0.86
Geographic disparity in premature mortality in Ontario, 1992-1996. Int J Health Geogr (2003) 0.86
Prevention versus cure: measuring parental preferences for sealants and fillings as treatments for childhood caries in Southern Thailand. Health Policy (2007) 0.85
The distribution problem in economic evaluation: income and the valuation of costs and consequences of health care programmes. Health Econ (2002) 0.83
Provider incentives and access to dental care: evaluating NHS reforms in England. Soc Sci Med (2012) 0.83
The public's viewpoint on the right to hastened death in Alberta, Canada: findings from a population survey study. Health Soc Care Community (2012) 0.83
Home care evolution in alberta: how have palliative clients fared? Healthc Policy (2007) 0.83
Variation in healthcare services for specialist genetic testing and implications for planning genetic services: the example of inherited retinal dystrophy in the English NHS. J Community Genet (2015) 0.83
TEACH: Trial of Education And Compliance in Heart dysfunction chronic disease and heart failure (HF) as an increasing problem. Contemp Clin Trials (2008) 0.83
Researching a best-practice end-of-life care model for Canada. Can J Aging (2008) 0.82
Addressing the realities [correction of realties] of health care in northern aboriginal communities through participatory action research. J Interprof Care (2004) 0.82
I dreamed a dream: England reduces health inequalities and wins the World Cup. Health Econ (2010) 0.81
Using small-area variations to inform health care service planning: what do we 'need' to know? J Eval Clin Pract (2013) 0.81
Portfolio theory and the alternative decision rule of cost-effectiveness analysis: theoretical and practical considerations. Soc Sci Med (2004) 0.81
Fluid lavage of open wounds (FLOW): a multicenter, blinded, factorial pilot trial comparing alternative irrigating solutions and pressures in patients with open fractures. J Trauma (2011) 0.80
Estimating unit costs for dental service delivery in institutional and community-based settings in southern Thailand. Asia Pac J Public Health (2008) 0.80
A population-based study on advance directive completion and completion intention among citizens of the western Canadian province of Alberta. J Palliat Care (2013) 0.80
Reconsidering value for money in periodontal treatment. J Clin Periodontol (2013) 0.80
Determining the optimal model for role-substitution in NHS dental services in the United Kingdom. BMC Oral Health (2013) 0.80
Economic evaluation of diagnostic methods used in dentistry. A systematic review. J Dent (2014) 0.79
"No one dies of old age": implications for research, practice, and policy. J Palliat Care (2011) 0.79
Outcomes assessment in the SPRINT multicenter tibial fracture trial: Adjudication committee size has trivial effect on trial results. J Clin Epidemiol (2011) 0.79
Tamoxifen for breast cancer risk reduction: impact of alternative approaches to quality-of-life adjustment on cost-effectiveness analysis. Med Care (2008) 0.79
Ethical economics and cost-effectiveness analysis: is it ethical to ignore opportunity costs? Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res (2005) 0.79
Chemoprevention: drug pricing and mortality: the case of tamoxifen. Cancer (2006) 0.79
Nursing inputs and outcomes of hospital care: an empirical analysis of Ontario's acute-care hospitals. Can J Nurs Res (2011) 0.78
Examination of the Perceived Efficacy and Goal Setting System (PEGS) with children with disabilities, their parents, and teachers. Am J Occup Ther (2006) 0.78
Utilities of dentin regeneration among insured and uninsured adults. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol (2004) 0.78
Comparison of the effects of secondary prevention in schoolchildren between hospitals with and without mobile dental services in Southern Thailand. J Oral Sci (2009) 0.78
Multilevel health promotion research: conceptual and analytical considerations. Can J Nurs Res (2004) 0.78
Preferences and acceptance of colorectal cancer screening in Thailand. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev (2015) 0.77
Home and community occupational therapy for children and youth: a before and after study. Can J Occup Ther (2005) 0.77
Different dental care setting: does income matter? Health Econ (2008) 0.76
Critical-sized defect in the tibia: is it critical? Results from the SPRINT trial. J Orthop Trauma (2014) 0.76
Tax-deductible provisions for gluten-free diet in Canada compared with systems for gluten-free diet coverage available in various countries. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2015) 0.75
The NICE reference case requirement: more pain for what, if any, gain? Pharmacoeconomics (2004) 0.75
Technology resource planning in radiation oncology: application of a needs-based analytic framework to radiosurgery planning in Ontario. J Oncol Pract (2012) 0.75
Blunt Policy Instruments Deliver Blunt Policy Outcomes: Why Cost Sharing is Not Effective at Controlling Utilization and Improving Health System Efficiency. Med Care (2016) 0.75
Paying for prevention in clinical practice: Aligning provider remuneration with system objectives. BMC Oral Health (2015) 0.75
Letters to the Editor. Nurs Leadersh (Tor Ont) (2010) 0.75
Building bridges between academic research and policy formulation: when costing less means costing more. Pharmacoeconomics (2007) 0.75
Prevention in practice - a summary. BMC Oral Health (2015) 0.75
Human papillomavirus triage of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance: cost-effective, but at what cost? J Natl Cancer Inst (2006) 0.75
Are endothelial progenitor cells a prognostic factor in patients with heart failure? Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther (2012) 0.75
Managing moral hazard in motor vehicle accident insurance claims. J Public Health Policy (2013) 0.75
Developing management information from an administrative database of dental services: identifying factors that influence costs. J Public Health Dent (2005) 0.75
Is regular visiting associated with lower costs? Analyzing service utilization patterns in the first nations population in Canada. J Public Health Dent (2006) 0.75
Traditional East Asian medical pulse diagnosis: a preliminary physiologic investigation. J Altern Complement Med (2013) 0.75
Estimation, power and sample size calculations for stochastic cost and effectiveness analysis. Pharmacoeconomics (2007) 0.75