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Peter Cram, MD, MBA

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1. 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. 2024
2. Introducing iLOS: An intriguing alternative measurement of efficiency in hospital care.. Journal of hospital medicine. 19:549-550. 2024
3. 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
4. Challenges and dynamics of public health reporting and data exchange during COVID-19: insights from US hospitals.. Health affairs scholar. 2:-. 2024
5. Comparison of social determinants of health in Medicaid vs commercial health plans.. Health affairs scholar. 1:-. 2023
6. Comparison of Hospital Online Price and Telephone Price for Shoppable Services.. JAMA internal medicine. 183:1214-1220. 2023
7. 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
8. 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
9. Differences in Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction for Low- and High-Income Patients in 6 Countries.. JAMA. 329:1088-1097. 2023
10. Health Equity Measures and Hospital Rankings.. JAMA. 329:-. 2023
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. Association of Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare With 30-Day Mortality Among Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction.. JAMA. 328:2126-2135. 2022
15. Trial of an Intervention to Improve Acute Heart Failure Outcomes.. The New England journal of medicine. 388:22-32. 2022
16. Readmission Reduction as a Hospital Quality Measure: Time to Move on to More Pressing Concerns?. JAMA. 328:1589-1590. 2022
17. Ninety-Day Risk-Standardized Home Time as a Performance Metric for Cardiac Surgery Hospitals in the United States.. Circulation. 146:1297-1309. 2022
18. Demographic and Regional Trends of Infective Endocarditis-Related Mortality in the United States, 1999 to 2019.. Current problems in cardiology. 48:-. 2022
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. Evaluation of Trends in Knee Arthroscopy from 2004 to 2019 in Ontario, Canada.. NEJM evidence. 1:-. 2022
23. 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
24. Surgical Outcomes in Canada and the United States: An Analysis of the ACS-NSQIP Clinical Registry.. World journal of surgery. 46:1039-1050. 2022
25. 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
26. Trends in non-receipt of recommended COPD medication. ERJ Open Research. 2022
27. Availability of prices for shoppable services on hospital internet sites.. The American journal of managed care. 27:e426-e428. 2021
28. 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
29. When access to medical aid in dying is difficult: The story of my father.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 70:310-312. 2021
30. 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
31. Interpretation use for consent to hip fracture surgery in patients with limited English proficiency. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2021
32. Rural Telemedicine Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Repeated Cross-sectional Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2021
33. 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
34. Are you Willing to Wait? Tradeoffs and Compromises Required to Achieve Universal Health Insurance. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2020
35. Increasing Wait-Time Mortality for Severe Aortic Stenosis. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. 2020
36. 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
37. Return to work for healthcare workers with confirmed COVID-19 infection. Occupational Medicine. 2020
38. 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
39. Disparities in Knee and Hip Arthroplasty Outcomes: an Observational Analysis of the ACS-NSQIP Clinical Registry. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2018
40. Patient and Caregiver Understanding of Prognosis After Hip Fracture. Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 2018
41. Utilization and Short‐Term Outcomes of Primary Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in the United States and Canada. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 2018
42. Trends in antithrombotic therapy for atrial fibrillation: Data from the Veterans Health Administration Health System. American Heart Journal. 2016
43. Developing a bone mineral density test result letter to send to patients: a mixed-methods study. Patient Preference and Adherence. 2014
44. Forceps Delivery Volumes in Teaching and Nonteaching Hospitals: Are Volumes Sufficient for Physicians to Acquire and Maintain Competence?. Academic Medicine. 2014
45. Impact of an Intensive Care Unit Telemedicine Program on Patient Outcomes in an Integrated Health Care System. Jama Internal Medicine. 2014
46. Initial Treatment of Men With Newly Diagnosed Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction in the Veterans Health Administration. Urology. 2014
47. Insurance Status and the Transfer of Hospitalized Patients An Observational Study. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2014
48. Patient Perspectives of Dabigatran: Analysis of Online Discussion Forums. Patient-Patient Centered Outcomes Research. 2014
49. Prevalence and Characteristics of Hospitalized Adults on Chronic Opioid Therapy. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2014
50. Trends in the Use of Total Ankle Replacement and Ankle Arthrodesis in the United States Medicare Population. Foot & Ankle International. 2014
51. Trends in the pharmacologic management of atrial fibrillation: Data from the Veterans Affairs health system. American Heart Journal. 2014
52. Use of Present-On-Admission Indicators for Complications After Total Knee Arthroplasty: An Analysis of Medicare Administrative Data. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2014
53. Variations in the Open Market Costs for Prostate Cancer Surgery: A Survey of US Hospitals. Urology. 2014
54. Availability of Consumer Prices From US Hospitals for a Common Surgical Procedure. Jama Internal Medicine. 2013
55. Fee-based Care is Important for Access to Prompt Treatment of Hip Fractures Among Veterans. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2013
56. Impact of Length of Stay After Coronary Bypass Surgery on Short-term Readmission Rate An Instrumental Variable Analysis. Medical Care. 2013
57. Incidence of and Risk Factors for 30-Day Readmission Following Elective Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty: Analysis From the ACS-NSQIP. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2013
58. Mental Illness, Access to Hospitals with Invasive Cardiac Services, and Receipt of Cardiac Procedures by Medicare Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients. Health Services Research. 2013
59. PREDICTORS OF INITIAL MANAGEMENT FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA AND LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS IN THE VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. Journal of Urology. 2013
60. Patterns of Illness Explaining the Associations between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Use of CT. Radiology. 2013
61. Predicting Osteoporosis Knowledge and Perceived Susceptibility and Seriousness of Osteoporosis. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2013
62. SEX AND RACIAL DIFFERENCES OF OSTEO POROSIS KNOWLEDGE AMONG PATIENTS PRESENTING FOR DXA. Osteoporosis International. 2013
63. Staff acceptance of a telemedicine intensive care unit program: A qualitative study. Journal of Critical Care. 2013
64. TRENDS IN THE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA AND LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS IN THE VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. Journal of Urology. 2013
65. Telemedicine Programs in ICUs Are Proven to Drive Hospitals' Clinical, Financial, and Operational Success Response. Chest. 2013
66. The Costs of Critical Care Telemedicine Programs A Systematic Review and Analysis. Chest. 2013
67. The PAADRN Study: A design for a randomized controlled practical clinical trial to improve bone health. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2013
68. Trends in Antithrombotic Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation in the Veterans Affairs. Circulation. 2013
69. Variation of Medicare Payments for Total Knee Arthroplasty. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2013
70. Variations in Patients Receiving DXA Across Three Health Care Systems. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2013
71. 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
72. Another Sobering Result for Home Telehealth-and Where We Might Go Next. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2012
73. Are African American Patients More Likely to Receive a Total Knee Arthroplasty in a Low-quality Hospital?. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2012
74. Echocardiogram Utilization Among Rural and Urban Veterans. Journal of Rural Health. 2012
75. Indications for percutaneous coronary interventions performed in US hospitals: a report from the NCDR (R). American Heart Journal. 2012
76. LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS AND DIET QUALITY: FINDINGS FROM THE 2000-2001 NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY. Journal of Urology. 2012
77. Long-Term Trends in Hip Arthroplasty Use and Volume. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2012
78. Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Diet Quality: Findings From the 2000-2001 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Urology. 2012
79. Mortality Rates are Similar after Hip Fractures for Rural and Urban Patients. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2012
80. Patient Satisfaction at America's Lowest Performing Hospitals. Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2012
81. Percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes in US hospitals with varying structural characteristics: Analysis of the NCDR (R). American Heart Journal. 2012
82. Single Versus Double Stenting for the Left Main Coronary Bifurcation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2012
83. The association between hospital obstetrical volume and maternal postpartum complications. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2012
84. Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes in Top-Ranked and Non-Top-Ranked Orthopedic Hospitals: An Analysis of Medicare Administrative Data. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2012
85. Total Knee Arthroplasty Volume, Utilization, and Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1991-2010. Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association. 2012
86. Universal Access to a Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Hospital Is It Feasible or Desirable?. Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2012
87. Are Patients With Serious Mental Illness More Likely to be Admitted to Nursing Homes With More Deficiencies in Care?. Medical Care. 2011
88. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Medicare Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty, 1991-2008. Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association. 2011
89. Differences in Admitting Hospital Characteristics for Black and White Medicare Beneficiaries With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation. 2011
90. Financial Payments by Orthopedic Device Makers to Orthopedic Surgeons. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2011
91. Impact of Telemedicine Intensive Care Unit Coverage on Patient Outcomes A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2011
92. Medical Tourism Services Available to Residents of the United States. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2011
93. Mentally Ill Medicare Patients Less Likely Than Others To Receive Certain Types Of Surgery. Health Affairs. 2011
94. Origination of Medical Advance Directives Among Nursing Home Residents With and Without Serious Mental Illness. Psychiatric Services. 2011
95. Readmission Rates After Total Hip Arthroplasty Reply. Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association. 2011
96. Repeated Hemoglobin A1C Ordering in the VA Health System. American Journal of Medicine. 2011
97. SIMULTANEOUS RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PROCEDURE VOLUME AND MORTALITY: DO THEY BIAS STUDIES OF MORTALITY AT SPECIALTY HOSPITALS?. Health Economics. 2011
98. Shifts in Surgical Revascularization and Valve Procedures Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Medical Care. 2011
99. Staff Acceptance of Tele-ICU Coverage A Systematic Review. Chest. 2011
100. Testing and treatment for osteoporosis following hip fracture in an integrated US healthcare delivery system. Osteoporosis International. 2011
101. A Case Control Study Examining Comorbidities Associated With Pulmonary Fibrosis In The Veteran Population. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2010
102. Acute Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Outcomes in Specialty and General Hospitals: Analysis of State Inpatient Data. Health Services Research. 2010
103. Automated External Defibrillators and Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association. 2010
104. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: REPEATED HEMOGLOBIN A1C TESTING IN THE VA HEALTH SYSTEM. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2010
105. Racial Differences in Admissions to High-Quality Hospitals for Coronary Heart Disease. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2010
106. Relation between hospital orthopaedic specialisation and outcomes in patients aged 65 and older: retrospective analysis of US Medicare data. British Medical Journal. 2010
107. Socio-economic and Racial Differences in Admissions to America's Lowest Performing AMI Hospitals: Implications for Pay for Performance. Circulation. 2010
108. Survival With Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2010
109. 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
110. The Impact of New Hospital Orthopaedic Surgery Programs on Total Joint Arthroplasty Utilization. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume. 2010
111. 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
112. Trends in echocardiography utilization in the Veterans Administration Healthcare System. American Heart Journal. 2010
113. Uncompensated care provided by for-profit, not-for-profit, and government owned hospitals. Bmc Health Services Research. 2010
114. 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
115. Community public access sites: Compliance with American Heart Association recommendations. Resuscitation. 2009
116. DO RURAL VETERANS RECEIVE FEWER ECHOCARDIOGRAMS?. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2009
117. Failure to Recognize Newly Identified Aortic Dilations in a Health Care System With an Advanced Electronic Medical Record. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2009
118. Proposed interventions to decrease the frequency of missed test results. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 2009
119. Racial Disparities in Revascularization Rates Among Patients With Similar Insurance Coverage. Journal of the National Medical Association. 2009
120. 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
121. The Impact of Physician-owned Specialty Orthopaedic Hospitals on Surgical Volume and Case Complexity in Competing Hospitals. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2009
122. AMI care in specialty cardiac and general hospitals: Are data from medicare beneficiaries generalizable?. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2008
123. Acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure outcomes Specialty cardiac hospitals (vol 116, pg 2280, 2007). Circulation. 2008
124. Coronary Revascularization at Specialty Cardiac Hospitals and Peer General Hospitals in Black Medicare Beneficiaries. Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2008
125. 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
126. Insurance status of patients admitted to Specialty cardiac and competing general hospitals - Are accusations of cherry picking justified?. Medical Care. 2008
127. 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
128. 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
129. The relationship between hospital orthopedic specialization and patient outcomes: An analysis of Medicare claims data. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2008
130. A comparison of total hip and knee replacement in specialty and general hospitals. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume. 2007
131. Acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure outcomes at specialty cardiac hospitals. Circulation. 2007
132. Community public access defibrillation sites: Compliance with American heart association recommendations. Circulation. 2007
133. Hospital characteristics and patient populations served by physician owned and non physician owned orthopedic specialty hospitals. Bmc Health Services Research. 2007
134. 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
135. Is weekend hospital admission associated with increased mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction?. Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine. 2007
136. Lost in the clutter: Missed aortic aneurysms despite an advanced electronic medical record. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2007
137. Physician-owned specialty hospitals and coronary revascularization utilization - Too much of a good thing?. Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association. 2007
138. The epidemiology of missed test results and associated treatment delays in VA primary care clinics. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2007
139. The frequency of missed test results and associated treatment delays in a highly computerized health system. Bmc Family Practice. 2007
140. 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
141. 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
142. Characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing hip and knee replacement in specialty orthopedic and competing general hospitals. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006
143. Diagnostic reporting challenges in the veterans health administration. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006
144. Direct reporting of laboratory test results to patients by mail to enhance patient safety. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006
145. Implantable or external defibrillators for individuals at increased risk of cardiac arrest: Where cost-effectiveness hits fiscal reality. Value in Health. 2006
146. 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
147. The role of health numeracy in explaining non-adherence to osteoporosis guidelines. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2006
148. Cardiac revascularization in specialty and general hospitals. New England Journal of Medicine. 2005
149. Cardiac revascularization in specialty and general hospitals - Reply. New England Journal of Medicine. 2005
150. 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
151. Implantable or external defibrillators: Where cost-effectiveness confronts fiscal reality. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2005
152. Care of patients undergoing angioplasty in specialty and non-specialty heart hospitals: Cherry picking and/or improved outcomes?. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2004
153. Cost-effectiveness of automated external defibrillators: There's no place like home?. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2004
154. Effects of weekend admission and hospital teaching status on in-hospital mortality. American Journal of Medicine. 2004
155. Patient preference for being informed of their DXA scan results. Journal of Clinical Densitometry. 2004
156. Cost-effectiveness of automated external defibrillator deployment in selected public locations. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2003
157. Public use of automated external defibrillators. New England Journal of Medicine. 2003
158. The impact of a celebrity promotional campaign on the use of colon cancer screening - The Katie Couric effect. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2003
159. The impact of including passive benefits in cost-effectiveness analysis: The case of automated external defibrillators on commercial aircraft. Value in Health. 2003
160. The weekend effect revisited: The relationship between weekend hospital. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2003
161. 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
162. Fast food franchises in hospitals. Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002
163. The impact of weekend admission on hospital length of stay. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2002
164. Influenza - Cost of illness and considerations in the economic evaluation of new and emerging therapies. Pharmacoeconomics. 2001
165. Utilizing innovations in influenza management: The clinical and economic tradeoffs of diagnostic and treatment strategies. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2000
166. Diagnostic testing for influenza: Review of current status and implications of newer treatment options. American Journal of Managed Care. 1999
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1. Rural Telemedicine Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Repeated Cross-sectional Study (Preprint) 2021
2. Using Administrative Data to Explore Potentially Aberrant Provision of Virtual Care During COVID-19: Retrospective Cohort Study of Ontario Provincial Data (Preprint) 2021