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Economic and social changes among distressed family caregivers of lung cancer patients. Support Care Cancer (2012) 0.91
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Economic impact of terminal illness and the willingness to change it. J Palliat Med (2010) 0.89
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A universal decision support system. Addressing the decision-making needs of patients, families, and clinicians in the setting of critical illness. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2014) 0.89
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Care of the family when the patient is dying. West J Med (1995) 0.88
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Setting the vision: applied patient-reported outcomes and smart, connected digital healthcare systems to improve patient-centered outcomes prediction in critical illness. Curr Opin Crit Care (2014) 0.86
Path toward economic resilience for family caregivers: mitigating household deprivation and the health care talent shortage at the same time. Gerontologist (2013) 0.86
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Preliminary study of themes of meaning and psychosocial service use among informal cancer caregivers. Palliat Support Care (2013) 0.84
Financial hardship and the intensity of medical care received near death. Psychooncology (2014) 0.84
Reports of financial disability predict functional decline and death in older patients discharged from the hospital. J Gen Intern Med (2005) 0.83
Ensuring competency in end-of-life care: controlling symptoms. BMC Palliat Care (2002) 0.83
Longitudinal changes and predictors of caregiving burden while providing end-of-life care for terminally ill cancer patients. J Palliat Med (2013) 0.83
Feasibility of a telephone-based counseling program for informal caregivers of hospice patients. J Palliat Med (2011) 0.83
Unmet needs in formal care: kindling the spark for caregiving behavior. Int J Health Econ Manag (2015) 0.82
The experience of caregivers of people living with serious mental disorders: a study from rural Ghana. Glob Health Action (2015) 0.81
Making the case for talking to patients about the costs of end-of-life care. J Law Med Ethics (2011) 0.81
The quality of dying and death: is it ready for use as an outcome measure? Chest (2013) 0.80
Distress among caregivers of phase I trial participants: a cross-sectional study. Support Care Cancer (2014) 0.80
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When does primary care turn into palliative care? West J Med (2001) 0.80
Functional trajectories in the year before hospice. Ann Fam Med (2015) 0.80
What does the informal caregiver of a terminally ill cancer patient need? A study from a cancer centre. Indian J Palliat Care (2011) 0.78
Admission to the intensive care unit and well-being in patients with advanced chronic illness. Am J Crit Care (2013) 0.77
Profile of Home-based Caregivers of Bedridden Patients in North India. Indian J Community Med (2011) 0.77
Multiple chronic health conditions and their link with labour force participation and economic status. PLoS One (2013) 0.77
The wish to die among palliative home care clients in Ontario, Canada: A cross-sectional study. BMC Palliat Care (2016) 0.76
Cancer insurance policies in Japan and the United States. West J Med (1998) 0.76
When All Else Is Done: The Challenge of Improving Antemortem Care. Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry (1999) 0.75
Financial burden among US households affected by cancer at the end of life. Psychooncology (2015) 0.75
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Healthcare inequality issues among immigrant elders after neoliberal welfare reform: empirical findings from the United States. Eur J Health Econ (2016) 0.75
The effectiveness of right heart catheterization in the initial care of critically ill patients. SUPPORT Investigators. JAMA (1996) 17.62
Relationship between cancer patients' predictions of prognosis and their treatment preferences. JAMA (1998) 12.60
Design of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial. Control Clin Trials (2000) 10.99
Does housestaff discontinuity of care increase the risk for preventable adverse events? Ann Intern Med (1994) 10.29
Multifactorial index of cardiac risk in noncardiac surgical procedures. N Engl J Med (1977) 8.24
Effect of computer-based alerts on the treatment and outcomes of hospitalized patients. Arch Intern Med (1994) 8.20
Derivation and prospective validation of a simple index for prediction of cardiac risk of major noncardiac surgery. Circulation (1999) 8.17
Survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the hospital. N Engl J Med (1983) 8.07
Clinical prediction rules. Applications and methodological standards. N Engl J Med (1985) 7.72
Adverse outcomes of underuse of beta-blockers in elderly survivors of acute myocardial infarction. JAMA (1997) 7.42
The value of the autopsy in three medical eras. N Engl J Med (1983) 7.00
Perceptions by family members of the dying experience of older and seriously ill patients. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments. Ann Intern Med (1997) 6.55
Contaminant blood cultures and resource utilization. The true consequences of false-positive results. JAMA (1991) 6.28
Forecasting coronary heart disease incidence, mortality, and cost: the Coronary Heart Disease Policy Model. Am J Public Health (1987) 6.21
Quality of informed consent in cancer clinical trials: a cross-sectional survey. Lancet (2001) 6.07
A clinical prediction rule for delirium after elective noncardiac surgery. JAMA (1994) 5.92
Outcomes following acute exacerbation of severe chronic obstructive lung disease. The SUPPORT investigators (Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments) Am J Respir Crit Care Med (1996) 5.82
Evidence that tristetraprolin binds to AU-rich elements and promotes the deadenylation and destabilization of tumor necrosis factor alpha mRNA. Mol Cell Biol (1999) 5.55
The emerging role of "hospitalists" in the American health care system. N Engl J Med (1996) 5.40
Etiologic and early marker studies in the prostate, lung, colorectal and ovarian (PLCO) cancer screening trial. Control Clin Trials (2000) 5.37
The recent decline in mortality from coronary heart disease, 1980-1990. The effect of secular trends in risk factors and treatment. JAMA (1997) 5.36
The impact of a regulation restricting medical house staff working hours on the quality of patient care. JAMA (1993) 5.11
Drug complications in outpatients. J Gen Intern Med (2000) 5.04
Inactivation of the sodium current in Myxicola giant axons. Evidence for coupling to the activation process. J Gen Physiol (1972) 4.92
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Physician reporting compared with medical-record review to identify adverse medical events. Ann Intern Med (1993) 4.60
Patient preferences for communication with physicians about end-of-life decisions. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preference for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment. Ann Intern Med (1997) 4.56
Confounding: essence and detection. Am J Epidemiol (1981) 4.47
Influence of patient preferences and local health system characteristics on the place of death. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Risks and Outcomes of Treatment. J Am Geriatr Soc (1998) 4.45
Quantitative description of sodium and potassium currents and computed action potentials in Myxicola giant axons. J Gen Physiol (1973) 4.44
Current- and voltage-clamped studies on Myxicola giant axons. Effect of tetrodotoxin. J Gen Physiol (1969) 4.36
Do formal advance directives affect resuscitation decisions and the use of resources for seriously ill patients? SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments. J Clin Ethics (1994) 4.23
Quality of life and clinical outcomes in elderly patients treated with ventricular pacing as compared with dual-chamber pacing. Pacemaker Selection in the Elderly Investigators. N Engl J Med (1998) 4.22
Development of an enterprise-wide clinical data repository: merging multiple legacy databases. Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp (1997) 4.18
Basic curricular goals in medical ethics. N Engl J Med (1985) 4.03
Is the professional satisfaction of general internists associated with patient satisfaction? J Gen Intern Med (2000) 3.83
Expected gains in life expectancy from various coronary heart disease risk factor modifications. Circulation (1991) 3.75
Comparative reproducibility and validity of systems for assessing cardiovascular functional class: advantages of a new specific activity scale. Circulation (1981) 3.74
The decline in ischemic heart disease mortality rates. An analysis of the comparative effects of medical interventions and changes in lifestyle. Ann Intern Med (1984) 3.71
Major bleeding in outpatients treated with warfarin: incidence and prediction by factors known at the start of outpatient therapy. Am J Med (1989) 3.65
Medicare beneficiaries' costs of care in the last year of life. Health Aff (Millwood) (2001) 3.56
Screening for cervical and breast cancer: is obesity an unrecognized barrier to preventive care? Ann Intern Med (2000) 3.49
Health values of hospitalized patients 80 years or older. HELP Investigators. Hospitalized Elderly Longitudinal Project. JAMA (1998) 3.47
Preoperative renal risk stratification. Circulation (1997) 3.47
Evaluation of the patient with acute chest pain. N Engl J Med (2000) 3.42
Do advance directives provide instructions that direct care? SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment. J Am Geriatr Soc (1997) 3.37
Predicting bacteremia in hospitalized patients. A prospectively validated model. Ann Intern Med (1990) 3.31
Use of administrative data to find substandard care: validation of the complications screening program. Med Care (2000) 3.26
Evidence of a healthy volunteer effect in the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer screening trial. Am J Epidemiol (2007) 3.24
Resuscitation preferences among patients with severe congestive heart failure: results from the SUPPORT project. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments. Circulation (1998) 3.11
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The SUPPORT prognostic model. Objective estimates of survival for seriously ill hospitalized adults. Study to understand prognoses and preferences for outcomes and risks of treatments. Ann Intern Med (1995) 3.08
Development of the 'Activities of Daily Vision Scale'. A measure of visual functional status. Med Care (1992) 3.06
Effect of race on the presentation and management of patients with acute chest pain. Ann Intern Med (1993) 3.00
Patterns of use, expenditures, and perceived efficacy of complementary and alternative therapies in HIV-infected patients. Arch Intern Med (1998) 2.85
Quality of informed consent: a new measure of understanding among research subjects. J Natl Cancer Inst (2001) 2.85
Physician counseling about exercise. JAMA (1999) 2.85
Rectification in instantaneous potassium current-voltage relations in Myxicola giant axons. J Physiol (1971) 2.84
Advance directives for seriously ill hospitalized patients: effectiveness with the patient self-determination act and the SUPPORT intervention. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment. J Am Geriatr Soc (1997) 2.84