Selected Publications
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- Annual Wellness Visits and Early Dementia Diagnosis Among Medicare Beneficiaries.. JAMA network open. 7:-. 2024
- Understanding the Influence of Single Payer Health Insurance on Socioeconomic Disparities in Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) Utilization: A Transnational Analysis.. The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 32:955-963. 2024
- Introducing iLOS: An intriguing alternative measurement of efficiency in hospital care.. Journal of hospital medicine. 19:549-550. 2024
- Sex-Based Disparities in Acute Myocardial Infarction Treatment Patterns and Outcomes in Older Adults Hospitalized Across 6 High-Income Countries: An Analysis From the International Health Systems Research Collaborative.. Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes. 17:-. 2024
- Challenges and dynamics of public health reporting and data exchange during COVID-19: insights from US hospitals.. Health affairs scholar. 2:-. 2024
- Comparison of social determinants of health in Medicaid vs commercial health plans.. Health affairs scholar. 1:-. 2023
- Comparison of Hospital Online Price and Telephone Price for Shoppable Services.. JAMA internal medicine. 183:1214-1220. 2023
- Comparison of Commercial Negotiated Price and Cash Price Between Physician-Owned Hospitals and Other Hospitals in the Same Hospital Referral Region.. JAMA network open. 6:-. 2023
- Achieving Equity in Hospital Performance Assessments Using Composite Race-Specific Measures of Risk-Standardized Readmission and Mortality Rates for Heart Failure.. Circulation. 147:1121-1133. 2023
- Differences in Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction for Low- and High-Income Patients in 6 Countries.. JAMA. 329:1088-1097. 2023
- Health Equity Measures and Hospital Rankings.. JAMA. 329:-. 2023
- National trends in osteoporosis medication use among Medicare beneficiaries with and without Alzheimer's disease/related dementias.. Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA. 34:725-733. 2023
- CORR Insights®: What was the Epidemiology and Global Burden of Disease of Hip Fractures From 1990 to 2019? Results From and Additional Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research. 2023
- Emergency department utilization, admissions, and revisits in the United States (New York), Canada (Ontario), and New Zealand: A retrospective cross‐sectional analysis. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2023
- Association of Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare With 30-Day Mortality Among Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction.. JAMA. 328:2126-2135. 2022
- Trial of an Intervention to Improve Acute Heart Failure Outcomes.. The New England journal of medicine. 388:22-32. 2022
- Readmission Reduction as a Hospital Quality Measure: Time to Move on to More Pressing Concerns?. JAMA. 328:1589-1590. 2022
- Ninety-Day Risk-Standardized Home Time as a Performance Metric for Cardiac Surgery Hospitals in the United States.. Circulation. 146:1297-1309. 2022
- Demographic and Regional Trends of Infective Endocarditis-Related Mortality in the United States, 1999 to 2019.. Current problems in cardiology. 48:-. 2022
- Changes in Availability of and Prices for Shoppable Services at US News and World Report Honor Roll Hospitals: a Longitudinal Cross-Sectional Study.. Journal of general internal medicine. 38:542-544. 2022
- Are Income-based Differences in TKA Use and Outcomes Reduced in a Single-payer System? A Large-database Comparison of the United States and Canada.. Clinical orthopaedics and related research. 480:1636-1645. 2022
- Variation in revascularisation use and outcomes of patients in hospital with acute myocardial infarction across six high income countries: cross sectional cohort study.. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). -. 2022
- Evaluation of Trends in Knee Arthroscopy from 2004 to 2019 in Ontario, Canada.. NEJM evidence. 1:-. 2022
- Virtual care use during the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on healthcare utilization in patients with chronic disease: A population-based repeated cross-sectional study.. PloS one. 17:-. 2022
- Surgical Outcomes in Canada and the United States: An Analysis of the ACS-NSQIP Clinical Registry.. World journal of surgery. 46:1039-1050. 2022
- Getting to 100%: Research Priorities and Unanswered Questions to Inform the US Debate on Universal Health Insurance Coverage.. Journal of general internal medicine. 37:949-953. 2022
- Trends in non-receipt of recommended COPD medication. ERJ Open Research. 2022
- Availability of prices for shoppable services on hospital internet sites.. The American journal of managed care. 27:e426-e428. 2021
- Differences in Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Knowledge and Awareness Among US- and Foreign-Born Individuals: Potential Causes and Implications.. Journal of the American Heart Association. 10:-. 2021
- When access to medical aid in dying is difficult: The story of my father.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 70:310-312. 2021
- Using Administrative Data to Explore Potentially Aberrant Provision of Virtual Care During COVID-19: Retrospective Cohort Study of Ontario Provincial Data.. Journal of medical Internet research. 23:-. 2021
- Interpretation use for consent to hip fracture surgery in patients with limited English proficiency. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2021
- Rural Telemedicine Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Repeated Cross-sectional Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2021
- Trends in the Inpatient Burden of Coronary Artery Disease in Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis: A Study of a Large National Dataset. The Journal of Rheumatology. 2021
- Are you Willing to Wait? Tradeoffs and Compromises Required to Achieve Universal Health Insurance. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2020
- Increasing Wait-Time Mortality for Severe Aortic Stenosis. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. 2020
- Response by Cram et al to Letter Regarding Article, “Utilization of Advanced Cardiovascular Therapies in the United States and Canada: An Observational Study of New York and Ontario Administrative Data”. Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2020
- Return to work for healthcare workers with confirmed COVID-19 infection. Occupational Medicine. 2020
- Utilisation and outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in Ontario, Canada, and New York State, USA: a population-based retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2020
- Disparities in Knee and Hip Arthroplasty Outcomes: an Observational Analysis of the ACS-NSQIP Clinical Registry. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2018
- Patient and Caregiver Understanding of Prognosis After Hip Fracture. Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 2018
- Utilization and Short‐Term Outcomes of Primary Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in the United States and Canada. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 2018
- Trends in antithrombotic therapy for atrial fibrillation: Data from the Veterans Health Administration Health System. American Heart Journal. 2016
- Developing a bone mineral density test result letter to send to patients: a mixed-methods study. Patient Preference and Adherence. 2014
- Forceps Delivery Volumes in Teaching and Nonteaching Hospitals: Are Volumes Sufficient for Physicians to Acquire and Maintain Competence?. Academic Medicine. 2014
- Impact of an Intensive Care Unit Telemedicine Program on Patient Outcomes in an Integrated Health Care System. Jama Internal Medicine. 2014
- Initial Treatment of Men With Newly Diagnosed Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction in the Veterans Health Administration. Urology. 2014
- Insurance Status and the Transfer of Hospitalized Patients An Observational Study. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2014
- Patient Perspectives of Dabigatran: Analysis of Online Discussion Forums. Patient-Patient Centered Outcomes Research. 2014
- Prevalence and Characteristics of Hospitalized Adults on Chronic Opioid Therapy. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2014
- Trends in the Use of Total Ankle Replacement and Ankle Arthrodesis in the United States Medicare Population. Foot & Ankle International. 2014
- Trends in the pharmacologic management of atrial fibrillation: Data from the Veterans Affairs health system. American Heart Journal. 2014
- Use of Present-On-Admission Indicators for Complications After Total Knee Arthroplasty: An Analysis of Medicare Administrative Data. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2014
- Variations in the Open Market Costs for Prostate Cancer Surgery: A Survey of US Hospitals. Urology. 2014
- Availability of Consumer Prices From US Hospitals for a Common Surgical Procedure. Jama Internal Medicine. 2013
- Fee-based Care is Important for Access to Prompt Treatment of Hip Fractures Among Veterans. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2013
- Impact of Length of Stay After Coronary Bypass Surgery on Short-term Readmission Rate An Instrumental Variable Analysis. Medical Care. 2013
- Incidence of and Risk Factors for 30-Day Readmission Following Elective Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty: Analysis From the ACS-NSQIP. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2013
- Mental Illness, Access to Hospitals with Invasive Cardiac Services, and Receipt of Cardiac Procedures by Medicare Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients. Health Services Research. 2013
- PREDICTORS OF INITIAL MANAGEMENT FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA AND LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS IN THE VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. Journal of Urology. 2013
- Patterns of Illness Explaining the Associations between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Use of CT. Radiology. 2013
- Predicting Osteoporosis Knowledge and Perceived Susceptibility and Seriousness of Osteoporosis. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2013
- SEX AND RACIAL DIFFERENCES OF OSTEO POROSIS KNOWLEDGE AMONG PATIENTS PRESENTING FOR DXA. Osteoporosis International. 2013
- Staff acceptance of a telemedicine intensive care unit program: A qualitative study. Journal of Critical Care. 2013
- TRENDS IN THE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA AND LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS IN THE VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. Journal of Urology. 2013
- Telemedicine Programs in ICUs Are Proven to Drive Hospitals' Clinical, Financial, and Operational Success Response. Chest. 2013
- The Costs of Critical Care Telemedicine Programs A Systematic Review and Analysis. Chest. 2013
- The PAADRN Study: A design for a randomized controlled practical clinical trial to improve bone health. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2013
- Trends in Antithrombotic Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation in the Veterans Affairs. Circulation. 2013
- Variation of Medicare Payments for Total Knee Arthroplasty. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2013
- Variations in Patients Receiving DXA Across Three Health Care Systems. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2013
- A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Ostial and Trunk versus Distal Lesions in Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Stenting. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2012
- Another Sobering Result for Home Telehealth-and Where We Might Go Next. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2012
- Are African American Patients More Likely to Receive a Total Knee Arthroplasty in a Low-quality Hospital?. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2012
- Echocardiogram Utilization Among Rural and Urban Veterans. Journal of Rural Health. 2012
- Indications for percutaneous coronary interventions performed in US hospitals: a report from the NCDR (R). American Heart Journal. 2012
- LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS AND DIET QUALITY: FINDINGS FROM THE 2000-2001 NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY. Journal of Urology. 2012
- Long-Term Trends in Hip Arthroplasty Use and Volume. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2012
- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Diet Quality: Findings From the 2000-2001 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Urology. 2012
- Mortality Rates are Similar after Hip Fractures for Rural and Urban Patients. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2012
- Patient Satisfaction at America's Lowest Performing Hospitals. Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2012
- Percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes in US hospitals with varying structural characteristics: Analysis of the NCDR (R). American Heart Journal. 2012
- Single Versus Double Stenting for the Left Main Coronary Bifurcation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2012
- The association between hospital obstetrical volume and maternal postpartum complications. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2012
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes in Top-Ranked and Non-Top-Ranked Orthopedic Hospitals: An Analysis of Medicare Administrative Data. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2012
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Volume, Utilization, and Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1991-2010. Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association. 2012
- Universal Access to a Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Hospital Is It Feasible or Desirable?. Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2012
- Are Patients With Serious Mental Illness More Likely to be Admitted to Nursing Homes With More Deficiencies in Care?. Medical Care. 2011
- Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Medicare Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty, 1991-2008. Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association. 2011
- Differences in Admitting Hospital Characteristics for Black and White Medicare Beneficiaries With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation. 2011
- Financial Payments by Orthopedic Device Makers to Orthopedic Surgeons. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2011
- Impact of Telemedicine Intensive Care Unit Coverage on Patient Outcomes A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2011
- Medical Tourism Services Available to Residents of the United States. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2011
- Mentally Ill Medicare Patients Less Likely Than Others To Receive Certain Types Of Surgery. Health Affairs. 2011
- Origination of Medical Advance Directives Among Nursing Home Residents With and Without Serious Mental Illness. Psychiatric Services. 2011
- Readmission Rates After Total Hip Arthroplasty Reply. Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association. 2011
- Repeated Hemoglobin A1C Ordering in the VA Health System. American Journal of Medicine. 2011
- SIMULTANEOUS RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PROCEDURE VOLUME AND MORTALITY: DO THEY BIAS STUDIES OF MORTALITY AT SPECIALTY HOSPITALS?. Health Economics. 2011
- Shifts in Surgical Revascularization and Valve Procedures Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Medical Care. 2011
- Staff Acceptance of Tele-ICU Coverage A Systematic Review. Chest. 2011
- Testing and treatment for osteoporosis following hip fracture in an integrated US healthcare delivery system. Osteoporosis International. 2011
- A Case Control Study Examining Comorbidities Associated With Pulmonary Fibrosis In The Veteran Population. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2010
- Acute Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Outcomes in Specialty and General Hospitals: Analysis of State Inpatient Data. Health Services Research. 2010
- Automated External Defibrillators and Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association. 2010
- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: REPEATED HEMOGLOBIN A1C TESTING IN THE VA HEALTH SYSTEM. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2010
- Racial Differences in Admissions to High-Quality Hospitals for Coronary Heart Disease. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2010
- Relation between hospital orthopaedic specialisation and outcomes in patients aged 65 and older: retrospective analysis of US Medicare data. British Medical Journal. 2010
- Socio-economic and Racial Differences in Admissions to America's Lowest Performing AMI Hospitals: Implications for Pay for Performance. Circulation. 2010
- Survival With Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2010
- The Impact of Hospital Cardiac Specialization on Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Analysis of Medicare Claims Data. Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2010
- The Impact of New Hospital Orthopaedic Surgery Programs on Total Joint Arthroplasty Utilization. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume. 2010
- Trends During 1993-2004 in the Availability and Use of Revascularization After Acute Myocardial Infarction in Markets Affected by Certificate of Need Regulations. Medical Care Research and Review. 2010
- Trends in echocardiography utilization in the Veterans Administration Healthcare System. American Heart Journal. 2010
- Uncompensated care provided by for-profit, not-for-profit, and government owned hospitals. Bmc Health Services Research. 2010
- Characteristics and Outcomes of America's Lowest-Performing Hospitals An Analysis of Acute Myocardial Infarction Hospital Care in the United States. Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2009
- Community public access sites: Compliance with American Heart Association recommendations. Resuscitation. 2009
- DO RURAL VETERANS RECEIVE FEWER ECHOCARDIOGRAMS?. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2009
- Failure to Recognize Newly Identified Aortic Dilations in a Health Care System With an Advanced Electronic Medical Record. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2009
- Proposed interventions to decrease the frequency of missed test results. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 2009
- Racial Disparities in Revascularization Rates Among Patients With Similar Insurance Coverage. Journal of the National Medical Association. 2009
- Racial Variation in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Placement for the Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Veterans. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2009
- The Impact of Physician-owned Specialty Orthopaedic Hospitals on Surgical Volume and Case Complexity in Competing Hospitals. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2009
- AMI care in specialty cardiac and general hospitals: Are data from medicare beneficiaries generalizable?. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2008
- Acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure outcomes Specialty cardiac hospitals (vol 116, pg 2280, 2007). Circulation. 2008
- Coronary Revascularization at Specialty Cardiac Hospitals and Peer General Hospitals in Black Medicare Beneficiaries. Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2008
- Do specialty cardiac hospitals have greater adherence to acute myocardial infarction and heart failure process measures? An empirical assessment using Medicare quality measures: Quality of care in cardiac specialty hospitals. American Heart Journal. 2008
- Insurance status of patients admitted to Specialty cardiac and competing general hospitals - Are accusations of cherry picking justified?. Medical Care. 2008
- Is poor hospital adherence to ami process measures associated with increased patient mortality? An analysis of CMS clinical and administrative data. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2008
- The impact of expressions of treatment efficacy and out-of-pocket expenses on patient and physician interest in osteoporosis treatment: Implications for pay-for-performance programs. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2008
- The relationship between hospital orthopedic specialization and patient outcomes: An analysis of Medicare claims data. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2008
- A comparison of total hip and knee replacement in specialty and general hospitals. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume. 2007
- Acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure outcomes at specialty cardiac hospitals. Circulation. 2007
- Community public access defibrillation sites: Compliance with American heart association recommendations. Circulation. 2007
- Hospital characteristics and patient populations served by physician owned and non physician owned orthopedic specialty hospitals. Bmc Health Services Research. 2007
- Insurance status of patients admitted to specialty cardiac hospitals and competing general hospitals: Are accusations of cherry picking justified?. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2007
- Is weekend hospital admission associated with increased mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction?. Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine. 2007
- Lost in the clutter: Missed aortic aneurysms despite an advanced electronic medical record. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2007
- Physician-owned specialty hospitals and coronary revascularization utilization - Too much of a good thing?. Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association. 2007
- The epidemiology of missed test results and associated treatment delays in VA primary care clinics. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2007
- The frequency of missed test results and associated treatment delays in a highly computerized health system. Bmc Family Practice. 2007
- A randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of direct reporting of DXA scan results to patients on osteoporosis care. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2006
- A randomized trial to assess the impact of direct reporting of DXA scan results to patients on quality of osteoporosis care. Journal of Clinical Densitometry. 2006
- Characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing hip and knee replacement in specialty orthopedic and competing general hospitals. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006
- Diagnostic reporting challenges in the veterans health administration. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006
- Direct reporting of laboratory test results to patients by mail to enhance patient safety. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006
- Implantable or external defibrillators for individuals at increased risk of cardiac arrest: Where cost-effectiveness hits fiscal reality. Value in Health. 2006
- Patient and provider non-adherence to osteoporosis guidelines: Is it justified by full disclosure of the (limited) benefits of treatment?. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006
- The role of health numeracy in explaining non-adherence to osteoporosis guidelines. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2006
- Cardiac revascularization in specialty and general hospitals. New England Journal of Medicine. 2005
- Cardiac revascularization in specialty and general hospitals - Reply. New England Journal of Medicine. 2005
- Cost-effectiveness of in-home automated external defibrillators for individuals at increased risk of sudden cardiac death - There's no place like home?. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2005
- Implantable or external defibrillators: Where cost-effectiveness confronts fiscal reality. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2005
- Care of patients undergoing angioplasty in specialty and non-specialty heart hospitals: Cherry picking and/or improved outcomes?. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2004
- Cost-effectiveness of automated external defibrillators: There's no place like home?. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2004
- Effects of weekend admission and hospital teaching status on in-hospital mortality. American Journal of Medicine. 2004
- Patient preference for being informed of their DXA scan results. Journal of Clinical Densitometry. 2004
- Cost-effectiveness of automated external defibrillator deployment in selected public locations. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2003
- Public use of automated external defibrillators. New England Journal of Medicine. 2003
- The impact of a celebrity promotional campaign on the use of colon cancer screening - The Katie Couric effect. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2003
- The impact of including passive benefits in cost-effectiveness analysis: The case of automated external defibrillators on commercial aircraft. Value in Health. 2003
- The weekend effect revisited: The relationship between weekend hospital. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2003
- Diagnostic testing or empirical neuraminidase inhibitor therapy for patients with influenza-like illness: What a difference a day makes. American Journal of Managed Care. 2002
- Fast food franchises in hospitals. Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002
- The impact of weekend admission on hospital length of stay. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2002
- Influenza - Cost of illness and considerations in the economic evaluation of new and emerging therapies. Pharmacoeconomics. 2001
- Utilizing innovations in influenza management: The clinical and economic tradeoffs of diagnostic and treatment strategies. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2000
- Diagnostic testing for influenza: Review of current status and implications of newer treatment options. American Journal of Managed Care. 1999
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