Heart disease and hospital deaths: an empirical study.

Should Operations Be Regionalized?

1979 • 1,737 citations

The Decline in Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality Rates

1984 • 561 citations

Does practice make perfect? Part I: The relation between hospital volume and outcomes for selected diagnostic categories.

1984 • 328 citations

The Relation Between Surgical Volume and Mortality: An Exploration of Causal Factors and Alternative Models

1980 • 248 citations

Physician and Hospital Factors Associated With Mortality of Surgical Patients

1986 • 199 citations

A RANDOMISED TRIAL OF HOME-VERSUS-HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

1978 • 180 citations

Does Practice Make Perfect?

1984 • 177 citations

Hospital Medical Staff Organization and Quality of Care

1981 • 133 citations

The Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Undergoing Saphenous Vein Bypass Surgery

1974 • 96 citations

Complications of coronary arteriography: A follow-up report

1979 • 75 citations

In-hospital mortality of surgical patients: is there an empiric basis for standard setting?

1986 • 56 citations

Results of myocardial revascularization: a 12-year experience.

1982 • 49 citations

DRGs and Disease Staging for Reimbursing Medicare Patients

1986 • 41 citations

Effectiveness of Coronary Care Units in Small Community Hospitals

1976 • 29 citations

Coronary care units. A perspective on their epidemiologic impact

1982 • 18 citations