Published in Int J Qual Health Care on July 03, 2014
A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: development and validation. J Chronic Dis (1987) 174.79
Does housestaff discontinuity of care increase the risk for preventable adverse events? Ann Intern Med (1994) 10.29
Weekend versus weekday admission and mortality from myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med (2007) 9.04
Association of diagnostic coding with trends in hospitalizations and mortality of patients with pneumonia, 2003-2009. JAMA (2012) 5.95
Defining and measuring interpersonal continuity of care. Ann Fam Med (2004) 5.28
The impact of a regulation restricting medical house staff working hours on the quality of patient care. JAMA (1993) 5.11
Consequences of inadequate sign-out for patient care. Arch Intern Med (2008) 4.39
Managing discontinuity in academic medical centers: strategies for a safe and effective resident sign-out. J Hosp Med (2006) 4.34
Interpersonal continuity of care and care outcomes: a critical review. Ann Fam Med (2005) 4.10
Impact of reduction in working hours for doctors in training on postgraduate medical education and patients' outcomes: systematic review. BMJ (2011) 3.69
Measuring provider continuity in ambulatory care: an assessment of alternative approaches. Med Care (1979) 3.43
Incidence, location and reasons for avoidable in-hospital cardiac arrest in a district general hospital. Resuscitation (2002) 2.97
Hospitalist handoffs: a systematic review and task force recommendations. J Hosp Med (2009) 2.94
Post-call transfer of resident responsibility: its effect on patient care. J Gen Intern Med (1991) 2.77
Heart failure–associated hospitalizations in the United States. J Am Coll Cardiol (2013) 2.44
Residents' and attending physicians' handoffs: a systematic review of the literature. Acad Med (2009) 2.30
Systematic review: association of shift length, protected sleep time, and night float with patient care, residents' health, and education. Ann Intern Med (2010) 1.94
The impact of hospitalists on the cost and quality of inpatient care in the United States: a research synthesis. Med Care Res Rev (2005) 1.72
Are weekend handovers of adequate quality for the on-call general medical team? Clin Med (2011) 1.64
Continuity of care in intensive care units: a cluster-randomized trial of intensivist staffing. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2011) 1.64
Continuous quality improvement for continuity of care. J Fam Pract (1993) 1.52
Trial of shift scheduling with standardized sign-out to improve continuity of care in intensive care units. Crit Care Med (2012) 1.51
Why have working hour restrictions apparently not improved patient safety? BMJ (2011) 1.42
Impact of time of presentation on the care and outcomes of acute myocardial infarction. Circulation (2008) 1.39
Balancing continuity of care with residents' limited work hours: defining the implications. Acad Med (2005) 1.36
Weekend hospital admission and discharge for heart failure: association with quality of care and clinical outcomes. Am Heart J (2009) 1.34
The degree of usual provider continuity for African and Latino Americans. J Health Care Poor Underserved (1997) 1.33
Do hospitals provide lower quality care on weekends? Health Serv Res (2007) 1.23
Hospital care for patients experiencing weekend vs weekday stroke: a comparison of quality and aggressiveness of care. Arch Neurol (2010) 1.22
Effect of a change in house staff work schedule on resource utilization and patient care. Arch Intern Med (1991) 1.14
Factors predicting patient use of the emergency department: a retrospective cohort study. CMAJ (2012) 1.10
Measures of continuity of care. A register-based correlation study. Med Care (1986) 1.08
Continuity-of-care measures. An analytic and empirical comparison. Med Care (1984) 1.07
The impact of fragmentation of hospitalist care on length of stay. J Hosp Med (2010) 1.03
Better continuity of care reduces costs for diabetic patients. Am J Manag Care (2011) 1.01
Trends in inpatient continuity of care for a cohort of Medicare patients 1996-2006. J Hosp Med (2011) 0.96
Impact of weekend admissions on quality of care and outcomes in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Cancer (2010) 0.92
Measuring Care Continuity: A Comparison of Claims-based Methods. Med Care (2016) 0.90
Monitoring the pulse of hospital activity: electronic health record utilization as a measure of care intensity. J Hosp Med (2013) 0.86
Review of computerized physician handoff tools for improving the quality of patient care. J Hosp Med (2012) 0.84
Electronic health record use, intensity of hospital care, and patient outcomes. Am J Med (2013) 0.83
Hospitalist staffing and patient satisfaction in the national Medicare population. J Hosp Med (2013) 0.83