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Racial residential segregation: a fundamental cause of racial disparities in health. Public Health Rep (2002) 13.49
The Oregon experiment--effects of Medicaid on clinical outcomes. N Engl J Med (2013) 10.01
Health insurance and mortality in US adults. Am J Public Health (2009) 3.72
Self-restriction of medications due to cost in seniors without prescription coverage. J Gen Intern Med (2001) 2.94
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Racial/ethnic variations in women's health: the social embeddedness of health. Am J Public Health (2002) 2.52
What the Oregon health study can tell us about expanding Medicaid. Health Aff (Millwood) (2010) 2.12
Insurance or a regular physician: which is the most powerful predictor of health care? Am J Public Health (1998) 1.97
Entry into primary care and continuity: the effects of access. Am J Public Health (1998) 1.97
Health consequences of uninsurance among adults in the United States: recent evidence and implications. Milbank Q (2009) 1.90
Emergency department patient 'dumping': an analysis of interhospital transfers to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, Tennessee. Am J Public Health (1988) 1.77
The efficacy of primary care for vulnerable population groups. Health Serv Res (1995) 1.76
Short-term impacts of coverage loss in a Medicaid population: early results from a prospective cohort study of the Oregon Health Plan. Ann Fam Med (2006) 1.65
Gender differences in health care access indicators in an urban, low-income community. Am J Public Health (2000) 1.52
Effects of cost sharing on care seeking and health status: results from the Medical Outcomes Study. Am J Public Health (2001) 1.49
Insurance, income, and access to ambulatory care in King County, Washington. Am J Public Health (1993) 1.43
Why it's time for a national health program in the United States. West J Med (1989) 1.40
National health insurance in America--can we practice with it? Can we continue to practice without it? West J Med (1989) 1.30
Risk of cardiovascular events and death--does insurance matter? J Gen Intern Med (2007) 1.25
Health insurance and cardiovascular disease risk factors. Am J Med (2010) 1.25
Health insurance and subjective health status: data from the 1987 National Medical Expenditure survey. Am J Public Health (1993) 1.19
Medicaid physician payment reform: using the Medicare Fee Schedule for Medicaid payments. Am J Public Health (1994) 1.16
Health care markets, the safety net, and utilization of care among the uninsured. Health Serv Res (2007) 1.15
The unintended impact of welfare reform on the medicaid enrollment of eligible immigrants. Health Serv Res (2004) 1.07
The health effects of Medicare for the near-elderly uninsured. Health Serv Res (2009) 1.06
Deciphering Medicaid data: issues and needs. Health Care Financ Rev (1990) 1.03
An American health dilemma: a history of blacks in the health system. J Natl Med Assoc (1992) 1.00
Corporate profit or public good? West J Med (1986) 0.99
Disparities in primary care for vulnerable children: the influence of multiple risk factors. Health Serv Res (2006) 0.98
Perceived access problems among patients with diabetes in two public systems of care. J Gen Intern Med (2000) 0.92
Changes in health for the uninsured after reaching age-eligibility for Medicare. J Gen Intern Med (2006) 0.88
Racial and ethnic disparities and primary care experience. Health Serv Res (2001) 0.87
Coronary artery bypass surgery: are outcomes influenced by demographics or ability to pay? Ann Surg (2001) 0.87
The effect of new insurance coverage on the health status of low-income children in Santa Clara County. Health Serv Res (2007) 0.86
Impact of discontinuity in health insurance on resource utilization. BMC Health Serv Res (2010) 0.86
Consumer-directed health care: will it improve health system performance? Health Serv Res (2004) 0.84
Primary care attributes and care for depression among low-income African American women. Am J Public Health (2003) 0.83
The demise of Oregon's Medically Needy program: effects of losing prescription drug coverage. J Gen Intern Med (2007) 0.82
Racial/ethnic variations in women's health: the social embeddedness of health. Am J Public Health (2008) 0.81
A framework for cost-sharing policy analysis. Pharmacoeconomics (1996) 0.81
Effects of cost sharing on physiological health, health practices, and worry. Health Serv Res (1987) 0.80
Pediatrician participation in Medicaid--findings of a five-year-follow-up study in California and elsewhere. West J Med (1986) 0.79
Accessibility and effectiveness of care under Medicaid. Health Care Financ Rev (1990) 0.78
Commentary: assessing the health effects of Medicare coverage for previously uninsured adults: a matter of life and death? Health Serv Res (2010) 0.78
Crisis & commitment: 150 years of service by Los Angeles county public hospitals. Am J Public Health (2007) 0.78
Hypertension control, 1994. Am J Public Health (1994) 0.78
Cost containment at any price? Experience in the USA. J R Coll Gen Pract (1987) 0.75
Reliving history and renewing the health care reform debate. Ann Fam Med (2006) 0.75
Loss of Medicaid and access to health services. Health Care Financ Rev (1991) 0.75
A systems view of health care for the poor. J Natl Med Assoc (1989) 0.75
The return of two-class medicine--ill effects of Medi-Cal reform. West J Med (1985) 0.75
Self-reported health related quality of life (HRQoL) and factors affecting health insured in Iran. Epidemiol Health (2016) 0.75
Medicaid primary care physician fees and the use of preventive services among Medicaid enrollees. Health Serv Res (2014) 0.75
Assuring access in a changing health care system. Bull N Y Acad Med (1987) 0.75
Balancing investments in Federally Qualified Health Centers and Medicaid for improved access and coverage in Pennsylvania. Health Care Manag Sci (2014) 0.75
What Makes Vietnamese (Not) Attend Periodic General Health Examinations? A 2016 Cross-sectional Study. Osong Public Health Res Perspect (2017) 0.75
Consensus methods: characteristics and guidelines for use. Am J Public Health (1984) 11.53
Preventable hospitalizations and access to health care. JAMA (1995) 11.49
Pharmaceutical advertisements in leading medical journals: experts' assessments. Ann Intern Med (1992) 10.06
The contributions of authors to multiauthored biomedical research papers. JAMA (1994) 9.95
The public release of performance data: what do we expect to gain? A review of the evidence. JAMA (2000) 9.57
The role of black and Hispanic physicians in providing health care for underserved populations. N Engl J Med (1996) 8.41
The medical appropriateness of tympanostomy tubes proposed for children younger than 16 years in the United States. JAMA (1994) 7.56
Variations in the use of medical and surgical services by the Medicare population. N Engl J Med (1986) 7.26
A method for the detailed assessment of the appropriateness of medical technologies. Int J Technol Assess Health Care (1986) 7.26
Does inappropriate use explain geographic variations in the use of health care services? A study of three procedures. JAMA (1987) 7.04
Hospital inpatient mortality. Is it a predictor of quality? N Engl J Med (1987) 6.88
Quality-of-care assessment: choosing a method for peer review. N Engl J Med (1973) 6.82
Some interim results from a controlled trial of cost sharing in health insurance. N Engl J Med (1981) 6.76
Spinal manipulation for low-back pain. Ann Intern Med (1992) 6.69
Quality of health care. Part 2: measuring quality of care. N Engl J Med (1996) 6.46
The care of HIV-infected adults in the United States. HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study Consortium. N Engl J Med (1998) 6.26
Does free care improve adults' health? Results from a randomized controlled trial. N Engl J Med (1983) 5.10
Effects of the National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Program on physician practice. JAMA (1987) 4.96
Quality-of-life outcomes in men treated for localized prostate cancer. JAMA (1995) 4.69
How good is the quality of health care in the United States? Milbank Q (1998) 4.61
Hospital characteristics and quality of care. JAMA (1992) 4.56
Physician ratings of appropriate indications for six medical and surgical procedures. Am J Public Health (1986) 4.42
The UCLA Prostate Cancer Index: development, reliability, and validity of a health-related quality of life measure. Med Care (1998) 4.34
Comparison of health outcomes at a health maintenance organisation with those of fee-for-service care. Lancet (1986) 4.22
The relationship between perceived parental expectations and pediatrician antimicrobial prescribing behavior. Pediatrics (1999) 4.09
Who gets screened for cervical and breast cancer? Results from a new national survey. Arch Intern Med (1988) 4.06
Laboratory testing on cerebrospinal fluid. A reappraisal. Lancet (1987) 4.02
Variations in cataract extraction rates in Medicare prepaid and fee-for-service settings. JAMA (1997) 4.02
Congruence between decisions to initiate chiropractic spinal manipulation for low back pain and appropriateness criteria in North America. Ann Intern Med (1998) 4.01
Patients who leave a public hospital emergency department without being seen by a physician. Causes and consequences. JAMA (1991) 3.92
Explaining variations in hospital death rates. Randomness, severity of illness, quality of care. JAMA (1990) 3.90
Measuring underuse of necessary care among elderly Medicare beneficiaries using inpatient and outpatient claims. JAMA (2000) 3.89
Health care for black and poor hospitalized Medicare patients. JAMA (1994) 3.74
National probability samples in studies of low-prevalence diseases. Part II: Designing and implementing the HIV cost and services utilization study sample. Health Serv Res (1999) 3.72
The appropriateness of carotid endarterectomy. N Engl J Med (1988) 3.66
Expenditures for the care of HIV-infected patients in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. N Engl J Med (2001) 3.64
Adjusted hospital death rates: a potential screen for quality of medical care. Am J Public Health (1987) 3.52
Does inappropriate use explain small-area variations in the use of health care services? JAMA (1990) 3.38
Failure of physicians to recognize functional disability in ambulatory patients. Ann Intern Med (1991) 3.25
A public hospital closes. Impact on patients' access to care and health status. JAMA (1990) 3.24
Overview of adult health measures fielded in Rand's health insurance study. Med Care (1979) 3.20
Audit of coronary angiography and bypass surgery. Lancet (1990) 3.17
Termination of Medi-Cal benefits. A follow-up study one year later. N Engl J Med (1986) 3.16
Health care reform in Minnesota. N Engl J Med (1992) 3.11
Regular source of ambulatory care and medical care utilization by patients presenting to a public hospital emergency department. JAMA (1994) 3.05
The appropriateness of performing coronary artery bypass surgery. JAMA (1988) 2.92
The impact of competing subsistence needs and barriers on access to medical care for persons with human immunodeficiency virus receiving care in the United States. Med Care (1999) 2.85
Are all health plans created equal? The physician's view. JAMA (1997) 2.81
Violence victimization after HIV infection in a US probability sample of adult patients in primary care. Am J Public Health (2000) 2.75
Use of medical care in the Rand Health Insurance Experiment. Diagnosis- and service-specific analyses in a randomized controlled trial. Med Care (1986) 2.70
Prospective payment system and impairment at discharge. The 'quicker-and-sicker' story revisited. JAMA (1990) 2.66
Inappropriate use of hospitals in a randomized trial of health insurance plans. N Engl J Med (1986) 2.65
Managed care and capitation in California: how do physicians at financial risk control their own utilization? Ann Intern Med (1995) 2.64
Physician ratings of appropriate indications for three procedures: theoretical indications vs indications used in practice. Am J Public Health (1989) 2.63
Benefits and costs of screening and treatment for early breast cancer. Development of a basic benefit package. JAMA (1995) 2.62
Choosing measures of health status for individuals in general populations. Am J Public Health (1981) 2.60
Prevalence and predictors of highly active antiretroviral therapy use in patients with HIV infection in the united states. HCSUS Consortium. HIV Cost and Services Utilization. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2000) 2.60
Can health care quality indicators be transferred between countries? Qual Saf Health Care (2003) 2.58
Group judgments of appropriateness: the effect of panel composition. Qual Assur Health Care (1992) 2.56
Appropriateness and diagnostic yield of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in an open-access endoscopy unit. Endoscopy (1996) 2.55
Effect of case management on unmet needs and utilization of medical care and medications among HIV-infected persons. Ann Intern Med (2001) 2.51
Hunger in an adult patient population. JAMA (1998) 2.51
Health of the public: The private-sector challenge. JAMA (1996) 2.50
Physician and patient satisfaction as factors related to the organization of internal medicine group practices. Med Care (1985) 2.47
Inequities in health services among insured Americans. Do working-age adults have less access to medical care than the elderly? N Engl J Med (1988) 2.47
Measuring quality of care with explicit process criteria before and after implementation of the DRG-based prospective payment system. JAMA (1990) 2.47
Changing physician payment for Medicare patients. Projected effects on the quality of care. West J Med (1986) 2.46
Preventive care: do we practice what we preach? Am J Public Health (1987) 2.44
Delayed medical care after diagnosis in a US national probability sample of persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Arch Intern Med (2000) 2.41
Persuasive communication and medical technology assessment. Arch Intern Med (1985) 2.41
Format and conduct of consensus development conferences. Multi-nation comparison. Int J Technol Assess Health Care (1990) 2.36
Watching the doctor-watchers. How well do peer review organization methods detect hospital care quality problems? JAMA (1992) 2.34
The care of HIV-infected adults in rural areas of the United States. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2001) 2.34
Changes in sickness at admission following the introduction of the prospective payment system. JAMA (1990) 2.33
Efficacy, effectiveness, variations, and quality. Boundary-crossing research. Med Care (1985) 2.32
Health-related quality of life in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection in the United States: results from the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study. Am J Med (2000) 2.31
The Functional Status Questionnaire: reliability and validity when used in primary care. J Gen Intern Med (1986) 2.30
Quality of care for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. JAMA (2000) 2.30
Quality assurance today and tomorrow: forecast for the future. Ann Intern Med (1976) 2.28
Improving patient function: a randomized trial of functional disability screening. Ann Intern Med (1989) 2.28
Health insurance and access to care for symptomatic conditions. Arch Intern Med (2000) 2.28
Appropriateness: the next frontier. BMJ (1994) 2.27
An assessment of the adequacy of self-care by adult asthmatics. J Community Health (1980) 2.25
The prevalence and effects of hunger in an emergency department patient population. Acad Emerg Med (1999) 2.24
Comparing outcomes of care before and after implementation of the DRG-based prospective payment system. JAMA (1990) 2.24
Reduction of high-risk sexual behavior among heterosexuals undergoing HIV antibody testing: a randomized clinical trial. Am J Public Health (1991) 2.22
Preventable deaths: who, how often, and why? Ann Intern Med (1988) 2.21
How free care reduced hypertension in the health insurance experiment. JAMA (1985) 2.16
Accuracy of self-report of mammography and Pap smear in a low-income urban population. Am J Prev Med (1998) 2.15
HIV-infected parents and their children in the United States. Am J Public Health (2000) 2.13
Monitoring the consequences of uninsurance: a review of methodologies. Med Care Res Rev (1998) 2.08
Advances in the measurement of functional status: construction of aggregate indexes. Med Care (1981) 2.02
Consumer acceptance of prepaid and fee-for-service medical care: results from a randomized controlled trial. Health Serv Res (1986) 2.00
Use of mental health and substance abuse treatment services among adults with HIV in the United States. Arch Gen Psychiatry (2001) 1.98
Member ratings of health care provided by 48 physician groups. Arch Intern Med (1998) 1.98
Variations by specialty in physician ratings of the appropriateness and necessity of indications for procedures. Med Care (1996) 1.98
The condition of the literature on differences in hospital mortality. Med Care (1989) 1.98