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2002 • 1,764 citations

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2003 • 1,538 citations

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2000 • 1,159 citations

Disease and Disadvantage in the United States and in England

2006 • 792 citations

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2004 • 682 citations

American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer, 2006

2006 • 641 citations

Geography And The Debate Over Medicare Reform

2002 • 595 citations

Influence of Patient Preferences and Local Health System Characteristics on the Place of Death

1998 • 399 citations

Annual Summary of Vital Statistics: 2004

2006 • 323 citations

Use of hospitals, physician visits, and hospice care during last six months of life among cohorts loyal to highly respected hospitals in the United States

2004 • 289 citations

Is Technological Change In Medicine Always Worth It? The Case Of Acute Myocardial Infarction

2006 • 186 citations

National Health Spending In 2006: A Year Of Change For Prescription Drugs

2008 • 173 citations

Variations In The Longitudinal Efficiency Of Academic Medical Centers

2004 • 144 citations

An evaluation of vignettes for predicting variation in the quality of preventive care

2004 • 114 citations

Regional Variations in Health Care Intensity and Physician Perceptions of Quality of Care

2006 • 107 citations

Relative Income Expectations, Expected Malpractice Premium Costs, and Other Determinants of Physician Specialty Choice

1998 • 104 citations

Influence of Income, Hours Worked, and Loan Repayment on Medical Students' Decision to Pursue a Primary Care Career

1994 • 100 citations

Defensive medicine and obstetrics.

1995 • 99 citations

Does Litigation Influence Medical Practice? The Influence of Community Radiologists' Medical Malpractice Perceptions and Experience on Screening Mammography

2005 • 85 citations

Measuring and Predicting Surgeons??? Practice Styles for Breast Cancer Treatment in Older Women

2001 • 80 citations

Physician Practice Style and Rates of Hospitalization for Chronic Medical Conditions

1996 • 75 citations

Are referrals by general practitioners influenced by the availability of consultants?

1988 • 71 citations

Variation in the Tendency of Primary Care Physicians to Intervene

2005 • 63 citations

The relationship between features of residency training and ABIM certifying examination performance

1987 • 60 citations

Referral of Children to Specialists in the United States and the United Kingdom

2003 • 56 citations

An Analysis of the Knowledge Base of Practicing Internists as Measured by the 1980 Recertification Examination

1985 • 55 citations

Evaluation of Primary Care Patients with Chronic Stable Angina: Guidelines from the American College of Physicians

2004 • 54 citations

Testing for Physician-induced Demand With Hypothetical Cases

1985 • 50 citations

Do Physicians Do What They Say?: The Inclination to Test and Its Association with Coronary Angiography Rates

1997 • 45 citations

Trends in state health care expenditures and funding: 1980-1998.

2001 • 25 citations

International mortality rates and life expectancy: selected countries.

1999 • 18 citations

Using a hypothetical case to measure differences in treatment aggressiveness among physicians in Canada, Germany and the United States.

1998 • 8 citations