Published in Am J Public Health on January 01, 1986
Comparing the quality of referrals of general practitioners with high and average referral rates: an independent panel review. Br J Gen Pract (1990) 2.49
Geographic variations in elderly hospital and surgical discharge rates, New York State. Am J Public Health (1987) 2.11
Using diagnosis-related groups for studying variations in hospital admissions. Health Care Financ Rev (1988) 1.67
Identification of factors associated with hospital readmission and development of a predictive model. Health Serv Res (1992) 1.58
The financial effect of physician practice style on hospital resource use. Health Serv Res (1991) 1.17
Changes in and predictors of length of stay in hospital after surgery for breast cancer between 1997/98 and 2004/05 in two regions of England: a population-based study. BMC Health Serv Res (2009) 1.05
There's No Reason for It, It's Just Our Policy. Healthc Policy (2009) 1.03
Small-area variations: what are they and what do they mean? Health Services Research Group. CMAJ (1992) 0.96
Head injury with and without hospital admission: comparisons of incidence and short-term disability. Am J Public Health (1987) 0.94
Patient and physician decision styles and breast cancer chemotherapy use in older women: Cancer and Leukemia Group B protocol 369901. J Clin Oncol (2012) 0.93
Does experience matter? A comparison of the practice of attendings and residents. J Gen Intern Med (2005) 0.91
Hospitalization style of physicians in Manitoba: the disturbing lack of logic in medical practice. Health Serv Res (1992) 0.90
The effect of physician practice organization on efficient utilization of hospital resources. Health Serv Res (1994) 0.89
Individual and contextual determinants of regional variation in prescription drug use: an analysis of administrative data from British Columbia. PLoS One (2010) 0.85
Self-rated health: a predictor of mortality among the elderly. Am J Public Health (1982) 12.18
Variations in medical care among small areas. Sci Am (1982) 9.73
Dealing with medical practice variations: a proposal for action. Health Aff (Millwood) (1984) 6.66
Professional uncertainty and the problem of supplier-induced demand. Soc Sci Med (1982) 5.20
Regional variations in the use of common surgical procedures: within and between England and Wales, Canada and the United States of America. Soc Sci Med A (1981) 4.88
An analysis of the use of Medicare services by the continuously enrolled aged. Med Care (1983) 3.92
The Manitoba longitudinal study on aging: preliminary findings on health care utilization by the elderly. Med Care (1981) 3.48
Sociologic influences on decision-making by clinicians. Ann Intern Med (1979) 3.12
How good are the data? Reliability of one health care data bank. Med Care (1982) 2.56
Brief objective measures for the determination of mental status in the aged. Am J Psychiatry (1960) 2.44
Hysterectomy: variations in rates across small areas and across physicians' practices. Am J Public Health (1984) 2.33
Frequency and clinical description of high-cost patients in 17 acute-care hospitals. N Engl J Med (1979) 1.91
Toward understanding elders' health service utilization. J Community Health (1981) 1.88
Small area statistics: large statistical problems. Am J Public Health (1984) 1.84
Medicare patients: geographic differences in hospital discharge rates and multiple stays. Soc Secur Bull (1977) 1.42
A statistical analysis of reasons for East-West differences in hospital use. Inquiry (1985) 1.35
Supply, workload and utilization: a population-based analysis of surgery in rural Manitoba. Am J Public Health (1983) 1.19
Clinical correlates of small area variations in population-based admission rates for diabetes. Med Care (1984) 1.04
Differences in the numbers and costs of tests ordered by internists, family physicians, and psychiatrists. Inquiry (1984) 0.94
A cross-national study of differences in length of stay of patients with cardiac diagnoses. Med Care (1983) 0.90
The natural history of atrial fibrillation: incidence, risk factors, and prognosis in the Manitoba Follow-Up Study. Am J Med (1995) 6.49
Cancer risk in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based study. Cancer (2001) 4.61
The Manitoba longitudinal study on aging: preliminary findings on health care utilization by the elderly. Med Care (1981) 3.48
Epidemiology of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in a central Canadian province: a population-based study. Am J Epidemiol (1999) 3.34
Record linkage strategies. Part I: Estimating information and evaluating approaches. Methods Inf Med (1991) 2.56
How good are the data? Reliability of one health care data bank. Med Care (1982) 2.56
Assessing data quality: a computerized approach. Soc Sci Med (1989) 2.51
An assessment of prostatectomy for benign urinary tract obstruction. Geographic variations and the evaluation of medical care outcomes. JAMA (1988) 2.42
The incidence of fracture among patients with inflammatory bowel disease. A population-based cohort study. Ann Intern Med (2000) 2.37
Hysterectomy: variations in rates across small areas and across physicians' practices. Am J Public Health (1984) 2.33
A new audit prodecure applied to an old question: Is the frequency of T&A justified? Med Care (1977) 2.31
The incidence of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism among patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based cohort study. Thromb Haemost (2001) 2.31
Incidence and prevalence of diabetes in Manitoba, 1986-1991. Diabetes Care (1996) 2.30
Elective surgical rates--do high rates mean lower standards? Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in Manitoba. N Engl J Med (1977) 2.28
Inappropriate hospital use by patients receiving care for medical conditions: targeting utilization review. CMAJ (1997) 2.13
Health care utilization in the years prior to death. Milbank Q (1987) 2.09
A comparative evaluation of waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio and body mass index as indicators of cardiovascular risk factors. The Canadian Heart Health Surveys. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2001) 2.03
Factors associated with age-related macular degeneration. An analysis of data from the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Am J Epidemiol (1988) 1.92
High and low surgical rates: risk factors for area residents. Am J Public Health (1981) 1.90
Does anesthesia contribute to operative mortality? JAMA (1988) 1.86
Surgical rate variations: do they reflect the health or socioeconomic characteristics of the population? Med Care (1982) 1.85
Rates of urinary tract injury from gynecologic surgery and the role of intraoperative cystoscopy. Obstet Gynecol (2006) 1.84
Discharging patients earlier from Winnipeg hospitals: does it adversely affect quality of care? CMAJ (1995) 1.81
The Manitoba longitudinal study on aging: description and methods. Gerontologist (1981) 1.80
Clinical effectiveness of influenza vaccination in Manitoba. JAMA (1993) 1.78
Monitoring the impact of hospital downsizing on access to care and quality of care. Med Care (1999) 1.78
Using diagnosis-related groups for studying variations in hospital admissions. Health Care Financ Rev (1988) 1.67
Career and training patterns of students entering Canadian medical schools in 1965. Can Med Assoc J (1975) 1.61
The geriatric long-stay hospital patient: a Canadian case study. J Health Polit Policy Law (1981) 1.59
The art and science of record linkage: methods that work with few identifiers. Comput Biol Med (1986) 1.52
The relationship of prenatal care and pregnancy complications to birthweight in Winnipeg, Canada. Am J Public Health (1994) 1.51
Centralization, certification, and monitoring. Readmissions and complications after surgery. Med Care (1986) 1.49
Therapies for benign prostatic hyperplasia. JAMA (1992) 1.46
A simplified protocol for pessary management. Obstet Gynecol (1997) 1.46
Variation in length of stay as a measure of efficiency in Manitoba hospitals. CMAJ (1995) 1.44
Who should do the surgery? Tonsillectomy-adenoidectomy in one Canadian province. Inquiry (1979) 1.41
Waiting times for nursing-home placement: the impact of patients' choices. CMAJ (1992) 1.39
Hospital bed availability: developing accurate estimates. Can J Public Health (1989) 1.38
A population-based approach to monitoring adverse outcomes of medical care. Med Care (1995) 1.37
Prevalence of asthma symptoms among adults aged 20-44 years in Canada. CMAJ (2001) 1.33
Chronobiology of cardiac sudden death in men. JAMA (1980) 1.30
Small-area variations and sociodemographic correlates for the incidence of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Am J Epidemiol (2001) 1.27
Risk adjustment in claims-based research: the search for efficient approaches. J Clin Epidemiol (1989) 1.27
The incidence of fracture of the proximal femur in two million Canadians from 1972 to 1984. Projections for Canada in the year 2006. Clin Orthop Relat Res (1991) 1.26
The natural history of primary first-degree atrioventricular heart block. N Engl J Med (1986) 1.23
Multimodality therapy for malignant mesothelioma based on a study of natural history. Am J Med (1980) 1.19
Continuity of care: does it contribute to quality of care? Med Care (1980) 1.17
The natural history of electrocardiographic preexcitation in men. The Manitoba Follow-up Study. Ann Intern Med (1992) 1.15
Assessing the impact of tonsillectomies. Med Care (1978) 1.14
Aging and the demand for health services: which aged and whose demand? Gerontologist (1984) 1.14
A randomized controlled trial to prevent patient lift and transfer injuries of health care workers. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2001) 1.13
Estimated burden of diabetes mellitus in Manitoba according to health insurance claims: a pilot study. CMAJ (1991) 1.12
Record linkage strategies, outpatient procedures, and administrative data. Med Care (1996) 1.12
Long term patients in acute care beds: is there a cure? Gerontologist (1980) 1.11
Monitoring health reform: a report card approach. Soc Sci Med (2001) 1.10
Baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in the Canadian Fabry Disease Initiative. Mol Genet Metab (2009) 1.08
Hysterectomies in one Canadian Province: a new look at risks and benefits. Am J Public Health (1984) 1.07
Studies in variation associated with the measurement of solid tumors. Cancer (1980) 1.04
Incidence and prevalence of diabetes in children aged 0-14 years in Manitoba, Canada, 1985-1993. Diabetes Care (1997) 1.04
Predicting risk of ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease from systolic and diastolic blood pressures. Ann Intern Med (1978) 1.03
Respiratory symptoms in a susceptible population due to burning of agricultural residue. Chest (1998) 1.02
Relative importance of maternal constitutional factors and glucose intolerance of pregnancy in the development of newborn macrosomia. J Matern Fetal Med (1997) 1.02
Effect of an early intervention program on the relationship between subjective pain and disability measures in nurses with low back injury. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (1996) 1.00
Cesarean sections in Alberta from April 1979 to March 1988. CMAJ (1991) 1.00
What is right about the Canadian health care system? Milbank Q (1999) 1.00
Disparity between influenza vaccination rates and risks for influenza-associated hospital discharge and death in Manitoba in 1982-1983. Ann Intern Med (1992) 0.99
Contrasting social experimentation with retrospective evaluation: a health care perspective. Public Policy (1975) 0.98
Acute myocardial infarction: survey of urban and rural hospital mortality. Am Heart J (1983) 0.98
Physician characteristics in relation to cardiovascular drugs commonly prescribed for hypertension in Nova Scotia. Can J Clin Pharmacol (2001) 0.98
A simple model for predicting postoperative delirium in older patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery. J Am Geriatr Soc (1995) 0.97
Effects of smoking and treatment status on periodontal bacteria: evidence that smoking influences control of periodontal bacteria at the mucosal surface of the gingival crevice. J Periodontol (2001) 0.97
Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in Manitoba and the Keewatin District, NWT: potential for mass vaccination. CMAJ (1988) 0.96
The electrocardiogram in apparently healthy men and the risk of sudden death. Br Heart J (1982) 0.95
Management of patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis in the emergency department: combining use of a clinical diagnosis model with D-dimer testing. J Emerg Med (2000) 0.94
Assessing surgical risks in a population: patient histories before and after cholecystectomy. Soc Sci Med (1986) 0.94
A population-based study of prostatectomy: outcomes associated with differing surgical approaches. J Urol (1987) 0.93
Thrombosis in the emergency department: use of a clinical diagnosis model to safely avoid the need for urgent radiological investigation. Arch Intern Med (1999) 0.93
Characteristics of patients with a regular source of care. Can J Public Health (2002) 0.91
Standard cost lists for healthcare in Canada. Issues in validity and inter-provincial consolidation. Pharmacoeconomics (1999) 0.91
Value of toe pulse waves in addition to systolic pressures in the assessment of the severity of peripheral arterial disease and critical limb ischemia. J Vasc Surg (1996) 0.91
Do nursing homes reduce hospital use? Med Care (1987) 0.91
Serum albumin in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis--predictors and correlations with outcomes. J Am Soc Nephrol (1993) 0.91
Relationship of ventricular ectopy in men without apparent heart disease to occurrence of ischemic heart disease and sudden death. Am Heart J (1981) 0.90
Monitoring adverse outcomes of surgery using administrative data. Health Care Financ Rev (1987) 0.90
The relation of blood pressure to stroke prognosis. Ann Intern Med (1978) 0.90
Natural history of left bundle-branch block. Br Heart J (1980) 0.89
Cervical cytology screening after tubal ligation. Am J Prev Med (1988) 0.89
Elderly nonusers of health care services. Their characteristics and their health outcomes. Med Care (1985) 0.89
Cranial computed tomographic observations in multi-infarct dementia. A controlled study. Stroke (1992) 0.88
Satisfaction of women attending the Manitoba breast screening program. Prev Med (1999) 0.88
A comparative study of the costliness of Manitoba hospitals. Med Care (1999) 0.88
Assessing existing technologies: the Manitoba study of common surgical procedures. Med Care (1983) 0.88
Impact of the organization of practice on quality of care and physician productivity. Med Care (1980) 0.88
A comparison of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure and the Health Assessment Questionnaire. Can J Occup Ther (2001) 0.87
Effectiveness of overhead lifting devices in reducing the risk of injury to care staff in extended care facilities. Ergonomics (2005) 0.86
Hospital performance: analyzing power and goals. J Health Soc Behav (1974) 0.86
The centralization of operations and access to treatment: total hip replacement in Manitoba. Am J Public Health (1985) 0.86
Case-control study of ocular hypertension. Arch Ophthalmol (1983) 0.86
Software for health care analysts: a modular approach. J Med Syst (1987) 0.85