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A comparison of clozapine and haloperidol in hospitalized patients with refractory schizophrenia. Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Clozapine in Refractory Schizophrenia. N Engl J Med (1997) 3.12
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Using administrative data to screen hospitals for high complication rates. Inquiry (1994) 1.83
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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
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Improvement in early saphenous vein graft patency after coronary artery bypass surgery with antiplatelet therapy: results of a Veterans Administration Cooperative Study. Circulation (1988) 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
Tissue-specific expression of the human CD19 gene in transgenic mice inhibits antigen-independent B-lymphocyte development. Mol Cell Biol (1994) 1.54
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A defect of immunoregulatory T cell subsets in systemic lupus erythematosus patients demonstrated with anti-2H4 antibody. J Clin Invest (1987) 1.46
Safety and therapeutic effectiveness of reinfused shed blood after open heart surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (1994) 1.45
Pulmonary embolism after cardiac surgery. J Am Coll Cardiol (1993) 1.45
Glycemic control and complications in type II diabetes. Design of a feasibility trial. VA CS Group (CSDM) Diabetes Care (1992) 1.42
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
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
Where do elderly veterans obtain care for acute myocardial infarction: Department of Veterans Affairs or Medicare? Health Serv Res (1997) 1.34
A method for screening the quality of hospital care using administrative data: preliminary validation results. QRB Qual Rev Bull (1992) 1.32
Discharge destination and repeat hospitalizations. Med Care (1997) 1.31
Implementing quality improvement in hospitals: the role of leadership and culture. Am J Med Qual (1999) 1.30
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Severity measurement methods and judging hospital death rates for pneumonia. Med Care (1996) 1.17
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Provider perceptions in using outcomes data to improve clinical practice. Ann Thorac Surg (1994) 1.16