Published in Med Care on December 01, 2013
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Comparison of a spatial perspective with the multilevel analytical approach in neighborhood studies: the case of mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use in Malmo, Sweden, 2001. Am J Epidemiol (2005) 2.30
Examination of how neighborhood definition influences measurements of youths' access to tobacco retailers: a methodological note on spatial misclassification. Am J Epidemiol (2013) 2.18
Pay-for-performance research: how to learn what clinicians and policy makers need to know. JAMA (2005) 2.18
Economic recession and health inequalities in Japan: analysis with a national sample, 1986-2001. J Epidemiol Community Health (2008) 2.11
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Does area-based social capital matter for the health of Australians? A multilevel analysis of self-rated health in Tasmania. Int J Epidemiol (2006) 1.75
Do socioeconomic gradients in body mass index vary by race/ethnicity, gender, and birthplace? Am J Epidemiol (2009) 1.74
Association between hospital-reported Leapfrog Safe Practices Scores and inpatient mortality. JAMA (2009) 1.74
Economic inequalities in maternal health care: prenatal care and skilled birth attendance in India, 1992-2006. PLoS One (2010) 1.72
Aligning quality and payment for heart failure care: defining the challenges. J Card Fail (2003) 1.71
US state- and county-level social capital in relation to obesity and physical inactivity: a multilevel, multivariable analysis. Soc Sci Med (2006) 1.68
Measuring hospital quality using pediatric readmission and revisit rates. Pediatrics (2013) 1.68
Domestic violence and chronic malnutrition among women and children in India. Am J Epidemiol (2008) 1.66
Major abdominal surgery in nursing home residents: a national study. Ann Surg (2011) 1.64
Association between child immunization and availability of health infrastructure in slums in India. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2010) 1.62
The effect of race and ethnicity on outcomes among patients in the intensive care unit: a comprehensive study involving socioeconomic status and resuscitation preferences. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.61
Education and risk for acute myocardial infarction in 52 high, middle and low-income countries: INTERHEART case-control study. Heart (2009) 1.61
Socioeconomic inequalities in childhood undernutrition in India: analyzing trends between 1992 and 2005. PLoS One (2010) 1.61
Individual, neighborhood, and state-level predictors of smoking among US Black women: a multilevel analysis. Soc Sci Med (2006) 1.60
The relationship between commercial website ratings and traditional hospital performance measures in the USA. BMJ Qual Saf (2012) 1.60
A behavioral model of clinician responses to incentives to improve quality. Health Policy (2006) 1.59
Variation in ICU risk-adjusted mortality: impact of methods of assessment and potential confounders. Chest (2008) 1.58
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Patient-centered care: what is the best measuring stick? Arch Intern Med (2009) 1.55
Ethnicity and nativity status as determinants of perceived social support: testing the concept of familism. Soc Sci Med (2009) 1.51
Sociodemographic and geographic variability in smoking in the U.S.: a multilevel analysis of the 2006-2007 Current Population Survey, Tobacco Use Supplement. Soc Sci Med (2011) 1.51
Socioeconomic position, gender, health behaviours and biomarkers of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Soc Sci Med (2010) 1.50
You have to be there to enjoy it? Neighbourhood social capital and health. Eur J Public Health (2012) 1.50
Relationship between malpractice litigation pressure and rates of cesarean section and vaginal birth after cesarean section. Med Care (2009) 1.50
Living in proximity of a bar and risky alcohol behaviours: a longitudinal study. Addiction (2012) 1.49
Differential effect of birthplace and length of residence on body mass index (BMI) by education, gender and race/ethnicity. Soc Sci Med (2008) 1.49
Public reporting of provider performance: can its impact be made greater? Annu Rev Public Health (2006) 1.49
Neighbourhood influences on health. J Epidemiol Community Health (2007) 1.48
Domestic violence is associated with adult and childhood asthma prevalence in India. Int J Epidemiol (2007) 1.47
Socioeconomic inequalities in non-communicable diseases prevalence in India: disparities between self-reported diagnoses and standardized measures. PLoS One (2013) 1.45
Organizational justice in primary-care health centers and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. Med Care (2012) 1.44
Parental BMI and childhood undernutrition in India: an assessment of intrauterine influence. Pediatrics (2010) 1.44
Mapping and measuring social disparities in premature mortality: the impact of census tract poverty within and across Boston neighborhoods, 1999-2001. J Urban Health (2006) 1.44
Frequency, risk factors, and outcomes of early unplanned readmissions to PICUs. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.43
Relationship between discharge practices and intensive care unit in-hospital mortality performance: evidence of a discharge bias. Med Care (2009) 1.43
Orphan care in Botswana's working households: growing responsibilities in the absence of adequate support. Am J Public Health (2006) 1.42
Monitoring socioeconomic disparities in death: comparing individual-level education and area-based socioeconomic measures. Am J Public Health (2006) 1.41
The relative influence of individual and contextual socio-economic status on consumption of fruit and soft drinks among adolescents in Europe. Eur J Public Health (2005) 1.40
Neighborhood safety, socioeconomic status, and physical activity in older adults. Am J Prev Med (2009) 1.39
Urban-rural differences in BMI in low- and middle-income countries: the role of socioeconomic status. Am J Clin Nutr (2013) 1.39
Agreement between self-reports and medical records was only fair in a cross-sectional study of performance of annual eye examinations among adults with diabetes in managed care. Med Care (2007) 1.39
Functional status after colon cancer surgery in elderly nursing home residents. J Am Geriatr Soc (2012) 1.39
The relationship between diet and perceived and objective access to supermarkets among low-income housing residents. Soc Sci Med (2012) 1.37
Individual-, neighborhood-, and state-level socioeconomic predictors of cervical carcinoma screening among U.S. black women: a multilevel analysis. Cancer (2006) 1.35
Social capital and mental health in Japan: a multilevel analysis. PLoS One (2010) 1.35
Development and validation of an index to predict activity of daily living dependence in community-dwelling elders. Med Care (2006) 1.35
Do social comparisons explain the association between income inequality and health?: Relative deprivation and perceived health among male and female Japanese individuals. Soc Sci Med (2008) 1.34
Do age-disparate relationships drive HIV incidence in young women? Evidence from a population cohort in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2014) 1.33
Neighborhood predictors of dating violence victimization and perpetration in young adulthood: a multilevel study. Am J Public Health (2010) 1.31
Individual and collective bodies: using measures of variance and association in contextual epidemiology. J Epidemiol Community Health (2009) 1.30
The effect of changes in health sector resources on infant mortality in the short-run and the long-run: a longitudinal econometric analysis. Soc Sci Med (2009) 1.29
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