Published in Annu Rev Public Health on January 01, 1998
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The staffing-outcomes relationship in nursing homes. Health Serv Res (2008) 1.47
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An instrumental variables approach to measuring the effect of body weight on employment disability. Health Serv Res (2000) 1.43
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Reducing bias in the assessment of treatment effectiveness: androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. Med Care (2012) 0.98
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The social contagion effect of marijuana use among adolescents. PLoS One (2011) 0.89
To evacuate or shelter in place: implications of universal hurricane evacuation policies on nursing home residents. J Am Med Dir Assoc (2011) 0.88
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Efficacy of phototherapy for newborns with hyperbilirubinemia: a cautionary example of an instrumental variable analysis. Med Decis Making (2011) 0.86
Very low birth weight hospital volume and mortality: an instrumental variables approach. Med Care (2012) 0.85
The effect of hospice on hospitalizations of nursing home residents. J Am Med Dir Assoc (2014) 0.85
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Safety and effectiveness of mail order pharmacy use in diabetes. Am J Manag Care (2013) 0.84
Were the mental health benefits of a housing mobility intervention larger for adolescents in higher socioeconomic status families? Health Place (2013) 0.84
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Mexico's conditional cash transfer programme increases cesarean section rates among the rural poor. Eur J Public Health (2009) 0.84
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Examining the relationship between clinical monitoring and suicide risk among patients with depression: matched case-control study and instrumental variable approaches. Health Serv Res (2010) 0.82
An instrumental variables evaluation of the effect of antidepressant use on employment among HIV-infected women using antiretroviral therapy in the United States: 1996-2004. Health Econ (2010) 0.82
Evaluating causal relationships between urban built environment characteristics and obesity: a methodological review of observational studies. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2014) 0.81
Benefits of ICU admission in critically ill patients: whether instrumental variable methods or propensity scores should be used. BMC Med Res Methodol (2011) 0.81
Methodological approaches to population based research of screening procedures in the presence of selection bias and exposure measurement error: colonoscopy and colorectal cancer outcomes in Ontario. BMC Med Res Methodol (2013) 0.81
Estimating causal effects in observational studies using Electronic Health Data: Challenges and (some) solutions. EGEMS (Wash DC) (2013) 0.80
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Gynecologic cancer outcomes in the elderly poor: A population-based study. Cancer (2015) 0.80
Empirical models of demand for out-patient physician services and their relevance to the assessment of patient payment policies: a critical review of the literature. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2010) 0.79
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Sources of biased inference in alcohol and drug services research: an instrumental variable approach. J Stud Alcohol Drugs (2012) 0.78
Association between the unemployment rate and inpatient cost per discharge by payer in the United States, 2005-2010. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 0.78
Is technological change in medicine worth it? Health Aff (Millwood) (2001) 5.97
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Does physician specialty affect the survival of elderly patients with myocardial infarction? Health Serv Res (2000) 1.42
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Comparison of the effects of angiotensin converting-enzyme inhibitors and beta blockers on survival in elderly patients with reduced left ventricular function after myocardial infarction. Am J Med (2001) 1.14
The marginal benefits of invasive treatments for acute myocardial infarction: does insurance coverage matter? Inquiry (2000) 1.09
Are we inhibited? Renal insufficiency should not preclude the use of ACE inhibitors for patients with myocardial infarction and depressed left ventricular function. Arch Intern Med (2000) 1.05
Enhanced uptake of doxorubicin into bronchial carcinoma: beta-glucuronidase mediates release of doxorubicin from a glucuronide prodrug (HMR 1826) at the tumor site. Cancer Res (1997) 0.95
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Inverse diffusion methods for data peak separation. Anal Biochem (1987) 0.75
Spending growth rates: are the differences real? Health Aff (Millwood) (2000) 0.75
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Coherent combination of high-power, zigzag slab lasers. Opt Lett (2006) 0.75