Published in JAMA on November 06, 1996
A 47-year-old man with asymptomatic hepatitis C infection. JAMA (1996) 1.39
Unconventional medicine in the United States. Prevalence, costs, and patterns of use. N Engl J Med (1993) 28.86
Effect of computer-based alerts on the treatment and outcomes of hospitalized patients. Arch Intern Med (1994) 8.20
Survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the hospital. N Engl J Med (1983) 8.07
Development and validation of a multifactorial risk index for predicting postoperative pneumonia after major noncardiac surgery. Ann Intern Med (2001) 6.59
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National survey of hospital patients. BMJ (1994) 6.28
Severe premature coronary artery disease with protease inhibitors. Lancet (1998) 5.59
Patients evaluate their hospital care: a national survey. Health Aff (Millwood) (1991) 5.44
Comorbidities, complications, and coding bias. Does the number of diagnosis codes matter in predicting in-hospital mortality? JAMA (1992) 5.07
Racial variation in cardiac procedure use and survival following acute myocardial infarction in the Department of Veterans Affairs. JAMA (1994) 5.03
The National Veterans Administration Surgical Risk Study: risk adjustment for the comparative assessment of the quality of surgical care. J Am Coll Surg (1995) 4.77
Risk adjustment of the postoperative mortality rate for the comparative assessment of the quality of surgical care: results of the National Veterans Affairs Surgical Risk Study. J Am Coll Surg (1997) 4.55
Preoperative serum albumin level as a predictor of operative mortality and morbidity: results from the National VA Surgical Risk Study. Arch Surg (1999) 4.15
Identifying complications of care using administrative data. Med Care (1994) 4.01
Outcome of myocardial infarction in Veterans Health Administration patients as compared with medicare patients. N Engl J Med (2000) 3.67
Risk factors for prolonged length of stay after major elective surgery. Ann Surg (1999) 3.63
Preoperative renal risk stratification. Circulation (1997) 3.47
Failure of physicians to recognize functional disability in ambulatory patients. Ann Intern Med (1991) 3.25
Incidence and characteristics of preventable iatrogenic cardiac arrests. JAMA (1991) 3.11
Chronic conditions and risk of in-hospital death. Health Serv Res (1994) 3.00
B7, a B-cell-restricted antigen that identifies preactivated B cells. J Immunol (1987) 2.92
Important elements of outpatient care: a comparison of patients' and physicians' opinions. Ann Intern Med (1996) 2.79
Positive predictive value of the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in an administrative database. J Gen Intern Med (1999) 2.70
Screening for alcohol abuse using the CAGE questionnaire. Am J Med (1987) 2.61
ACC/AHA/ACP-ASIM guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Patients With Chronic Stable Angina). J Am Coll Cardiol (1999) 2.58
Interpreting hospital mortality data. The role of clinical risk adjustment. JAMA (1989) 2.53
Multifactorial risk index for predicting postoperative respiratory failure in men after major noncardiac surgery. The National Veterans Administration Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Ann Surg (2000) 2.41
CD40-activated human B cells: an alternative source of highly efficient antigen presenting cells to generate autologous antigen-specific T cells for adoptive immunotherapy. J Clin Invest (1997) 2.39
Predicting who dies depends on how severity is measured: implications for evaluating patient outcomes. Ann Intern Med (1995) 2.32
The Functional Status Questionnaire: reliability and validity when used in primary care. J Gen Intern Med (1986) 2.30
Vaccination with irradiated autologous melanoma cells engineered to secrete human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor generates potent antitumor immunity in patients with metastatic melanoma. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1998) 2.29
Improving patient function: a randomized trial of functional disability screening. Ann Intern Med (1989) 2.28
The effect of computer-based reminders on the management of hospitalized patients with worsening renal function. Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care (1991) 2.22
Risk factors for morbidity and mortality after colectomy for colon cancer. Dis Colon Rectum (2000) 2.22
The relationship between reported problems and patient summary evaluations of hospital care. QRB Qual Rev Bull (1992) 2.16
Judging hospitals by severity-adjusted mortality rates: the influence of the severity-adjustment method. Am J Public Health (1996) 2.15
Patient-Centered Patient-Valued Care. J Health Care Poor Underserved (1991) 2.14
Choices about cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the hospital. When do physicians talk with patients? N Engl J Med (1984) 2.09
Increasing use of Medicare services by veterans with acute myocardial infarction. Med Care (1999) 2.04
Activated human B lymphocytes express three CTLA-4 counterreceptors that costimulate T-cell activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1993) 2.03
Patient-physician communication at hospital discharge and patients' understanding of the postdischarge treatment plan. Arch Intern Med (1997) 2.00
Relation of surgical volume to outcome in eight common operations: results from the VA National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Ann Surg (1999) 1.98
Using patient reports to improve medical care: a preliminary report from 10 hospitals. Qual Manag Health Care (1993) 1.93
The rheumatoid factor: an analysis of clinical utility. Am J Med (1991) 1.87
Best practices for managing surgical services: the role of coordination. Health Care Manage Rev (1997) 1.85
Cognitive behavioral techniques for hypertension: are they effective? Ann Intern Med (1993) 1.83
Using administrative data to screen hospitals for high complication rates. Inquiry (1994) 1.83
Comparison of complications after radical and partial nephrectomy: results from the National Veterans Administration Surgical Quality Improvement Program. BJU Int (2000) 1.82
Follicular lymphomas can be induced to present alloantigen efficiently: a conceptual model to improve their tumor immunogenicity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1995) 1.75
Patterns of coordination and clinical outcomes: a study of surgical services. Health Serv Res (1998) 1.75
Isolated human follicular dendritic cells display a unique antigenic phenotype. J Exp Med (1989) 1.72
Discussing cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a study of elderly outpatients. J Gen Intern Med (1988) 1.67
How useful is the rheumatoid factor? An analysis of sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value. Arch Intern Med (1992) 1.66
Prognostic models of thirty-day mortality and morbidity after major pulmonary resection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1999) 1.66
Growing use of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the national Veterans Affairs Surgical Risk Study: effects on volume, patient selection, and selected outcomes. Ann Surg (1998) 1.61
Comparison of surgical outcomes between teaching and nonteaching hospitals in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Ann Surg (2001) 1.61
Guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina: treatment. Ann Intern Med (2001) 1.57
Postoperative and late survival outcomes after major amputation: findings from the Department of Veterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Surgery (2001) 1.56
Evaluating cholesterol screening. The importance of controlling for regression to the mean. Arch Intern Med (1995) 1.56
Synovial fluid tests. What should be ordered? JAMA (1990) 1.55
Tissue-specific expression of the human CD19 gene in transgenic mice inhibits antigen-independent B-lymphocyte development. Mol Cell Biol (1994) 1.54
Angina patients' ratings of current health and health without angina: associations with severity of angina and comorbidity. Med Decis Making (1996) 1.53
A defect of immunoregulatory T cell subsets in systemic lupus erythematosus patients demonstrated with anti-2H4 antibody. J Clin Invest (1987) 1.46
Primary care internal medicine: a challenging career choice for the 1990s. Ann Intern Med (1990) 1.45
The teaching hospital and primary care. Closing down the clinics. N Engl J Med (1975) 1.44
A 61-year-old man with Parkinson's disease, 1 year later. JAMA (1996) 1.42
A 64-year-old man with adult-onset diabetes, 1 year later. JAMA (1997) 1.40
Costs of potential complications of care for major surgery patients. Am J Med Qual (1995) 1.38
Selective loss of the suppressor-inducer T-cell subset in progressive multiple sclerosis. Analysis with anti-2H4 monoclonal antibody. N Engl J Med (1987) 1.38
A 26-year-old woman seeking an abortion, 1 year later. JAMA (2000) 1.38
An 82-year-old woman with cataracts, 1 year later. JAMA (1997) 1.38
Judging hospitals by severity-adjusted mortality rates: the case of CABG surgery. Inquiry (1996) 1.36
Hospital- and community-based surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: previous hospitalization is the major risk factor. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2000) 1.35
Prevalence and recognition of alcohol abuse in a primary care population. Am J Med (1988) 1.35
Where do elderly veterans obtain care for acute myocardial infarction: Department of Veterans Affairs or Medicare? Health Serv Res (1997) 1.34
Educating physicians and treating patients in the ambulatory setting. Where are we going and how will we know when we arrive? Ann Intern Med (1987) 1.33
A method for screening the quality of hospital care using administrative data: preliminary validation results. QRB Qual Rev Bull (1992) 1.32
The patient and practitioner as co-authors of the medical record. Patient Couns Health Educ (1980) 1.32
Discharge destination and repeat hospitalizations. Med Care (1997) 1.31
Predicting emergency readmissions for patients discharged from the medical service of a teaching hospital. J Gen Intern Med (1988) 1.26
Severity measurement methods and judging hospital death rates for pneumonia. Med Care (1996) 1.17
The periodic health examination: 1980. Ann Intern Med (1980) 1.17
Purification and characterization of fetal hematopoietic cells that express the common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen (CALLA). J Exp Med (1983) 1.16
The response of primary care physicians to problem drinkers. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse (1987) 1.16
Provider perceptions in using outcomes data to improve clinical practice. Ann Thorac Surg (1994) 1.16
Functional disability screening of ambulatory patients: a randomized controlled trial in a hospital-based group practice. J Gen Intern Med (1994) 1.15
Specificity of gap junction communication among human mammary cells and connexin transfectants in culture. J Cell Biol (1993) 1.14
Outcome after proctectomy for rectal cancer in Department of Veterans Affairs Hospitals: a report from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Ann Surg (1998) 1.14
Stimulation of T cells via the TAP molecule, a member in a family of activating proteins encoded in the Ly-6 locus. J Immunol (1987) 1.14
Through the patient's eyes: strategies toward more successful contraception. Obstet Gynecol (1996) 1.13
Carepartner experiences with hospital care. Med Care (1999) 1.12
Outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in the Department of Veterans Affairs: does regionalization of health care work? Med Care (1997) 1.11