The implications of regional variations in Medicare spending. Part 1: the content, quality, and accessibility of care ES Fisher, DE Wennberg, TA Stukel, DJ Gottlieb, FL Lucas, EL Pinder Annals of internal medicine 138 (4), 273-287, 2003 | 2095 | 2003 |
The implications of regional variations in Medicare spending. Part 2: health outcomes and satisfaction with care ES Fisher, DE Wennberg, TA Stukel, DJ Gottlieb, FL Lucas, EL Pinder Annals of internal medicine 138 (4), 288-298, 2003 | 1744 | 2003 |
United States’ trends and regional variations in lumbar spine surgery: 1992–2003 JN Weinstein, JD Lurie, PR Olson, KK Bronner, ES Fisher Spine 31 (23), 2707-2714, 2006 | 1035 | 2006 |
Analysis of observational studies in the presence of treatment selection bias: effects of invasive cardiac management on AMI survival using propensity score and instrumental … TA Stukel, ES Fisher, DE Wennberg, DA Alter, DJ Gottlieb, MJ Vermeulen Jama 297 (3), 278-285, 2007 | 924 | 2007 |
The accuracy of Medicare's hospital claims data: progress has been made, but problems remain. ES Fisher, FS Whaley, WM Krushat, DJ Malenka, C Fleming, JA Baron, ... American journal of public health 82 (2), 243-248, 1992 | 883 | 1992 |
Geography And The Debate Over Medicare Reform: A reform proposal that addresses some underlying causes of Medicare funding woes: geographic variation and lack of incentive for … JE Wennberg, ES Fisher, JS Skinner Health affairs 21 (Suppl1), W96-W112, 2002 | 861 | 2002 |
Mortality and reoperation after open and transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic hyperplasia NP Roos, JE Wennberg, DJ Malenka, ES Fisher, K McPherson, ... New England Journal of Medicine 320 (17), 1120-1124, 1989 | 844 | 1989 |
Variation in carotid endarterectomy mortality in the Medicare population: trial hospitals, volume, and patient characteristics DE Wennberg, FL Lucas, JD Birkmeyer, CE Bredenberg, ES Fisher Jama 279 (16), 1278-1281, 1998 | 709 | 1998 |
Effect of hospital volume on in-hospital mortality with pancreaticoduodenectomy JD Birkmeyer, SRG Finlayson, ANA Tosteson, SM Sharp, AL Warshaw, ... Surgery 125 (3), 250-256, 1999 | 582 | 1999 |
Comorbidities, complications, and coding bias: does the number of diagnosis codes matter in predicting in-hospital mortality? SM Foley, J Daley, J Hughes, ES Fisher, T Heeren Jama 267 (16), 2197-2203, 1992 | 559 | 1992 |
Slowing the growth of health care costs—lessons from regional variation ES Fisher, JP Bynum, JS Skinner New England Journal of Medicine 360 (9), 849-852, 2009 | 548 | 2009 |
Geographic variation in expenditures for physicians' services in the United States WP Welch, ME Miller, HG Welch, ES Fisher, JE Wennberg New England journal of medicine 328 (9), 621-627, 1993 | 535 | 1993 |
Regional variations in diagnostic practices Y Song, J Skinner, J Bynum, J Sutherland, JE Wennberg, ES Fisher New England Journal of Medicine 363 (1), 45-53, 2010 | 512 | 2010 |
A national strategy to put accountable care into practice M McClellan, AN McKethan, JL Lewis, J Roski, ES Fisher Health Affairs 29 (5), 982-990, 2010 | 511 | 2010 |
Identifying complications of care using administrative data LI Iezzoni, J Daley, T Heeren, SM Foley, ES Fisher, C Duncan, JS Hughes, ... Medical care, 700-715, 1994 | 503 | 1994 |
Primary care and accountable care—two essential elements of delivery-system reform DR Rittenhouse, SM Shortell, ES Fisher New England Journal of Medicine 361 (24), 2301-2303, 2009 | 502 | 2009 |
Influence of patient preferences and local health system characteristics on the place of death RS Pritchard, ES Fisher, JM Teno, SM Sharp, DJ Reding, WA Knaus, ... Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 46 (10), 1242-1250, 1998 | 501 | 1998 |
Are regional variations in end-of-life care intensity explained by patient preferences?: A Study of the US Medicare Population AE Barnato, MB Herndon, DL Anthony, PM Gallagher, JS Skinner, ... Medical care 45 (5), 386-393, 2007 | 483 | 2007 |
Creating Accountable Care Organizations: The Extended Hospital Medical Staff: A new approach to organizing care and ensuring accountability. ES Fisher, DO Staiger, JPW Bynum, DJ Gottlieb Health affairs 25 (Suppl1), W44-W57, 2006 | 478 | 2006 |
Avoiding the unintended consequences of growth in medical care: how might more be worse? ES Fisher, HG Welch Jama 281 (5), 446-453, 1999 | 415 | 1999 |