Reliability of Provider Volume and Outcome Associations for Healthcare Policy

Indications for fibrinolytic therapy in suspected acute myocardial infarction : collaborative overview of early mortality and major morbidity results from all randomised trials of more than 1000 patients

1994 • 2,250 citations

Indications for fibrinolytic therapy in suspected acute myocardial infarction: collaborative overview of early mortality and major morbidity results from all randomised trials of more than 1000 patients

1994 • 2,186 citations

Should Operations Be Regionalized?

1979 • 1,737 citations

Early thrombolytic treatment in acute myocardial infarction: reappraisal of the golden hour

1996 • 1,298 citations

Selective Referral to High-Volume Hospitals

2000 • 781 citations

The Influence of Hospital Volume on Survival after Resection for Lung Cancer

2001 • 695 citations

Hospital and Physician Volume or Specialization and Outcomes in Cancer Treatment: Importance in Quality of Cancer Care

2000 • 625 citations

Relationship Between Trauma Center Volume and Outcomes

2001 • 566 citations

Volume standards for high-risk surgical procedures: Potential benefits of the Leapfrog initiative

2001 • 537 citations

Science of urinary incontinence

1994 • 498 citations

The Effects of Regionalization on Cost and Outcome for One General High-Risk Surgical Procedure

1995 • 474 citations

Patient Preferences for Location of Care

1999 • 429 citations

Hospital Volume Can Serve as a Surrogate for Surgeon Volume for Achieving Excellent Outcomes in Colorectal Resection

1999 • 401 citations

The Association between Hospital Volume and Survival after Acute Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Patients

1999 • 381 citations

The Effects of Patient Volume and Level of Care at the Hospital of Birth on Neonatal Mortality

1996 • 375 citations

Relation Between Operator and Hospital Volume and Outcomes Following Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in the Era of the Coronary Stent

2000 • 294 citations

The Movement for Improved Quality in Health Care

1999 • 291 citations

Relation of Surgical Volume to Outcome in Eight Common Operations

1999 • 286 citations

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

1980 • 248 citations

The Effect of the Volume of Procedures at Transplantation Centers on Mortality after Liver Transplantation

1999 • 237 citations

Indications, Outcomes, and Provider Volumes for Carotid Endarterectomy

1998 • 226 citations

Treating Acute Stroke Patients With Intravenous tPA

2000 • 219 citations

Relationship of surgical volume to short-term mortality, morbidity, and hospital charges in arthroplasty

1995 • 219 citations

Regionalization of cardiac surgery in the United States and Canada. Geographic access, choice, and outcomes

1995 • 166 citations

Regionalization of Cardiac Surgery in the United States and Canada

1995 • 163 citations

Relationship Between Annual Volume of Patients Treated by Admitting Physician and Mortality After Acute Myocardial Infarction

2001 • 153 citations

Volume-outcome relationships in cardiovascular operations: New York state, 1990-1995

1999 • 140 citations

Physician and Practice Characteristics Associated with the Early Utilization of New Prescription Drugs

2003 • 137 citations

Complications of Endoscopic Biliary Sphincterotomy: A Review

1997 • 135 citations

Volume-Outcome Relationships and Inhospital Mortality: The Effect of Changes in Volume Over Time

1992 • 128 citations

The Effect of Surgeon Experience on Velopharyngeal Functional Outcome following Palatoplasty: Is There a Learning Curve?

1998 • 112 citations

Outcome as a function of annual coronary artery bypass graft volume

1996 • 99 citations

Urban-Rural Differences in the Quality of Care for Medicare Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

2001 • 96 citations

No continuous relationship between veterans affairs hospital coronary artery bypass grafting surgical volume and operative mortality

1996 • 95 citations

Impact of skill and experience of the endoscopist on the outcome of endoscopic sphincterotomy techniques

1999 • 94 citations

Hospital volume, calendar age, and short term outcomes in patients undergoing repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: the Ontario experience, 1988-92.

1996 • 82 citations

Comparison of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty outcome and hospital costs for low-volume and high-volume operators

1996 • 82 citations

Presidential address: Outcome assessment in vascular surgery — Results mean everything

1995 • 81 citations

Relationship of Trauma Patient Volume to Outcome Experience

1998 • 65 citations

Elderly patients at highest risk with acute myocardial infarction are more frequently transferred from community hospitals to tertiary centers: Reality or myth?

1999 • 57 citations

Carotid endarterectomy after NASCET and ACAS: A statewide study

1998 • 56 citations

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia survival and use of extracorporeal life support at selected level III nurseries with multimodality support

1998 • 53 citations

Ten-Year Trend in Survival and Resource Utilization at a Level I Trauma Center

1999 • 49 citations

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia survival and use of extracorporeal life support at selected level III nurseries with multimodality support.

1998 • 48 citations

Impact of Trauma Attending Surgeon Case Volume on Outcome

1998 • 47 citations

Carotid Endarterectomy in Community Practice: Surgeon-Specific Versus Institutional Results

1989 • 17 citations

Strategies for Promoting a Viable Rural Health Care System*

1989 • 16 citations

Utility of provider volume as an indicator of medical care quality and for policy decisions

2001 • 16 citations

The Relationship of the Value of Outcome Comparisons to the Number of Patients Per Provider

1997 • 10 citations

Defining and Achieving of Medical Care

1998 • 7 citations

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