Cardiovascular Risks of Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs in Patients After Hospitalization for Serious Coronary Heart Disease
Ray et al.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2009;2:155-163.
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Differences in Control of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes by Race, Ethnicity, and Education: U.S. Trends From 1999 to 2006 and Effects of Medicare Coverage
McWilliams et al.
ANN INTERN MED 2009;150:505-515.
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A Statewide Collaborative Initiative to Improve the Quality of Care for Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure
Brush et al.
Circulation 2009;119:1609-1615.
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Effects of Care Coordination on Hospitalization, Quality of Care, and Health Care Expenditures Among Medicare Beneficiaries: 15 Randomized Trials
Peikes et al.
JAMA 2009;301:603-618.
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Smoking and Weight Change After New Health Diagnoses in Older Adults
Keenan
Arch Intern Med 2009;169:237-242.
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Get With the Guidelines-Stroke Is Associated With Sustained Improvement in Care for Patients Hospitalized With Acute Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack
Schwamm et al.
Circulation 2009;119:107-115.
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States With More Physicians Have Better-Quality Health Care
Cooper
Health Aff (Millwood) 2009;28:w91-w102.
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States With More Health Care Spending Have Better-Quality Health Care: Lessons About Medicare
Cooper
Health Aff (Millwood) 2009;28:w103-w115.
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The Elusive Connection Between Health Care Spending And Quality
Skinner et al.
Health Aff (Millwood) 2009;28:w119-w123.
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ACC/AHA 2008 Statement on Performance Measurement and Reperfusion Therapy: A Report of the ACC/AHA Task Force on Performance Measures (Work Group to Address the Challenges of Performance Measurement and Reperfusion Therapy)
Masoudi et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;52:2100-2112.
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ACC/AHA 2008 Statement on Performance Measurement and Reperfusion Therapy: A Report of the ACC/AHA Task Force on Performance Measures (Work Group to Address the Challenges of Performance Measurement and Reperfusion Therapy)
Masoudi et al.
Circulation 2008;118:2649-2661.
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AOA Symposium. Evidence-Based Medicine, the Quality Initiative, and P4P: Performance or Paperwork?
Henley et al.
JBJS 2008;90:2781-2790.
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What Explains the Diffusion of Treatments for Mental Illness?
Drake et al.
Am. J. Psychiatry 2008;165:1385-1392.
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Regulation, measurements and incentives. The experience in the US and UK: does context matter?
Hamblin
The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health 2008;128:291-298.
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Academic Internal Medicine in the United States: Current Trends, Future Implications for Academic Nephrology
Ibrahim
CJASN 2008;3:1887-1894.
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The Form and Context of Federalism: Meanings for Health Care Financing
France
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 2008;33:649-705.
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Association Between Maintenance of Certification Examination Scores and Quality of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries
Holmboe et al.
Arch Intern Med 2008;168:1396-1403.
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Relationship of a Quality Measure Composite to Clinical Outcomes for Patients With Heart Failure
Chung et al.
American Journal of Medical Quality 2008;23:168-175.
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Relationship Between Regional Per Capita Medicare Expenditures and Patient Perceptions of Quality of Care
Fowler et al.
JAMA 2008;299:2406-2412.
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Assessment of the Scientific Soundness of Clinical Performance Measures: A Field Test of the National Committee for Quality Assurance's Colorectal Cancer Screening Measure
Schneider et al.
Arch Intern Med 2008;168:876-882.
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Improvement in Oncology Practice Performance Through Voluntary Participation in the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative
Jacobson et al.
JCO 2008;26:1893-1898.
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Case volume and hospital compliance with evidence-based processes of care
Williams et al.
Int J Qual Health Care 2008;20:79-87.
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Individualized, Non-Age-Based Glycemic Control in Elderly Veterans With Diabetes
Helmer et al.
Diabetes Care 2008;31:728-731.
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A Randomized Trial of Direct-to-Patient Communication to Enhance Adherence to {beta}-Blocker Therapy Following Myocardial Infarction--Invited Commentary
Havranek
Arch Intern Med 2008;168:483-483.
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Hospital Treatment of Patients With Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack Using the "Get With The Guidelines" Program
LaBresh et al.
Arch Intern Med 2008;168:411-417.
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Quality of Ambulatory Care for Diabetes and Lower-Extremity Amputation
Schade and Hannah
American Journal of Medical Quality 2007;22:410-417.
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Does More Health Care Improve Health Among Older Adults? A Longitudinal Analysis
Golberstein et al.
J Aging Health 2007;19:888-906.
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Influence of a Performance-Improvement Initiative on Quality of Care for Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure: Results of the Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF)
Fonarow et al.
Arch Intern Med 2007;167:1493-1502.
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A comparison of quality of care indicators in urban acute care hospitals and rural critical access hospitals in the United States
Lutfiyya et al.
Int J Qual Health Care 2007;19:141-149.
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The Underuse of Screening Services Among Elderly Women With Diabetes
McBean and Yu
Diabetes Care 2007;30:1466-1472.
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Implementing Pay-for-Performance in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Profit et al.
Pediatrics 2007;119:975-982.
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Secret Weapon: The "New" Medicare as a Route to Health Security
Schlesinger and Hacker
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 2007;32:247-291.
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Public Reporting and Pay for Performance in Hospital Quality Improvement
Lindenauer et al.
NEJM 2007;356:486-496.
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The Cardiovascular World Is Definitely Not Flat
Kaul and Peterson
Circulation 2007;115:158-160.
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Association Between Performance Measures and Clinical Outcomes for Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
Fonarow et al.
JAMA 2007;297:61-70.
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Measuring Performance For Treating Heart Attacks And Heart Failure: The Case For Outcomes Measurement
Krumholz et al.
Health Aff (Millwood) 2007;26:75-85.
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Trends in Acute Myocardial Infarction in 4 US States Between 1992 and 2001: Clinical Characteristics, Quality of Care, and Outcomes
Masoudi et al.
Circulation 2006;114:2806-2814.
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Relationship Between Medicare's Hospital Compare Performance Measures and Mortality Rates
Werner and Bradlow
JAMA 2006;296:2694-2702.
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Strategies for Reducing the Door-to-Balloon Time in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Bradley et al.
NEJM 2006;355:2308-2320.
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Achieving Quality in Cardiovascular Imaging: Proceedings From the American College of Cardiology-Duke University Medical Center Think Tank on Quality in Cardiovascular Imaging
Douglas et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;48:2141-2151.
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Will Financial Incentives Stimulate Quality Improvement? Reactions From Frontline Physicians
Teleki et al.
American Journal of Medical Quality 2006;21:367-374.
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Impact of the 2004 Influenza Vaccine Shortage on Repeat Immunization Rates
Schade and Hannah
Ann Fam Med 2006;4:541-547.
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Development of a contemporary bleeding risk model for elderly warfarin recipients.
Shireman et al.
Chest 2006;130:1390-1396.
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Assessment of the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program
Rollow et al.
ANN INTERN MED 2006;145:342-353.
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Performance of Top-Ranked Heart Care Hospitals on Evidence-Based Process Measures
Williams et al.
Circulation 2006;114:558-564.
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Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke in the General Medicare Population: A 10-Year Perspective (1992 to 2002)
Lakshminarayan et al.
Stroke 2006;37:1969-1974.
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Measuring hospital quality: what physicians do? How patients fare? Or both?
Jha
JAMA 2006;296:95-97.
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Use of a Glucose Algorithm to Direct Diabetes Therapy Improves A1C Outcomes and Defines an Approach to Assess Provider Behavior.
Miller et al.
The Diabetes Educator 2006;32:533-545.
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Quality of Hospital and Outpatient Care After Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: Insights From a Stroke Survey in The Netherlands
Scholte op Reimer et al.
Stroke 2006;37:1844-1849.
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Regional Variations in Health Care Intensity and Physician Perceptions of Quality of Care
Sirovich et al.
ANN INTERN MED 2006;144:641-649.
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Association Between Hospital Process Performance and Outcomes Among Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
Peterson et al.
JAMA 2006;295:1912-1920.
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Improvements in Diabetes Processes of Care and Intermediate Outcomes: United States, 1988-2002
Saaddine et al.
ANN INTERN MED 2006;144:465-474.
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An Administrative Claims Model Suitable for Profiling Hospital Performance Based on 30-Day Mortality Rates Among Patients With Heart Failure
Krumholz et al.
Circulation 2006;113:1693-1701.
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Guidelines for Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Council on Stroke: Co-Sponsored by the Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention: The American Academy of Neurology affirms the value of this guideline.
Sacco et al.
Circulation 2006;113:e409-e449.
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Pay-For-Performance: The MedPAC Perspective.
Milgate and Cheng
Health Aff (Millwood) 2006;25:413-419.
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Provider-specific report cards: a tool for health sector accountability in developing countries
Mcnamara
Health Policy Plan 2006;21:101-109.
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Is Technological Change In Medicine Always Worth It? The Case Of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Skinner et al.
Health Aff (Millwood) 2006;25:w34-w47.
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Making Sense Of Medical Technology
Cutler
Health Aff (Millwood) 2006;25:w48-w50.
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Strategies for improving surgical quality--should payers reward excellence or effort?
Birkmeyer and Birkmeyer
NEJM 2006;354:864-870.
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Volume, quality of care, and outcome in pneumonia.
Lindenauer et al.
ANN INTERN MED 2006;144:262-269.
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Coming Together to Achieve Quality Cardiovascular Care
Douglas et al.
Circulation 2006;113:607-608.
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Results of the National Initiative for Cancer Care Quality: How Can We Improve the Quality of Cancer Care in the United States?
Malin et al.
JCO 2006;24:626-634.
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Guidelines for Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Council on Stroke: Co-Sponsored by the Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention: The American Academy of Neurology affirms the value of this guideline.
Sacco et al.
Stroke 2006;37:577-617.
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What's the Return? Assessing the Effect of "Pay-for-Performance" Initiatives on the Quality of Care Delivery
Grossbart
Med Care Res Rev 2006;63:29S-48S.
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Hospital Improvement in Time to Reperfusion in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction, 1999 to 2002
McNamara et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;47:45-51.
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Coming Together to Achieve Quality Cardiovascular Care
Douglas et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;47:266-267.
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A Randomized Trial Comparing Telemedicine Case Management with Usual Care in Older, Ethnically Diverse, Medically Underserved Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
Shea et al.
J. Am. Med. Inform. Assoc. 2006;13:40-51.
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Disparities in Diabetes Care: Impact of Mental Illness
Frayne et al.
Arch Intern Med 2005;165:2631-2638.
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Race, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Position, and Quality of Care for Adults With Diabetes Enrolled in Managed Care: The Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study
Brown et al.
Diabetes Care 2005;28:2864-2870.
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Information Technology as a Tool to Improve the Quality of American Indian Health Care
Sequist et al.
Am. J. Public Health 2005;95:2173-2179.
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Quality of Care of Medicare Patients With Diabetes in a Metropolitan Fee-for-Service Primary Care Integrated Delivery System
Hollander et al.
American Journal of Medical Quality 2005;20:344-352.
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Hospitalized Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and a High Risk of Stroke Are Not Being Provided With Adequate Anticoagulation
Waldo et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005;46:1729-1736.
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Quality Improvement Organizations and Hospital Care--Reply
Snyder and Anderson
JAMA 2005;294:2030-2030.
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Evolution in Cardiovascular Care for Elderly Patients With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: Results From the CRUSADE National Quality Improvement Initiative
Alexander et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005;46:1479-1487.
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Medicare and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Neumann et al.
NEJM 2005;353:1516-1522.
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Guideline-Based Standardized Care Is Associated With Substantially Lower Mortality in Medicare Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: The American College of Cardiology's Guidelines Applied in Practice (GAP) Projects in Michigan
Eagle et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005;46:1242-1248.
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Explaining Trends in Hospitalizations for Pneumonia and Influenza in the Elderly
Hebert et al.
Med Care Res Rev 2005;62:560-582.
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Aspirin Use in Older Patients With Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Disease: National Prescription Patterns and Relationship With Outcomes
Masoudi et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005;46:955-962.
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Trends in the Quality of Care and Racial Disparities in Medicare Managed Care
Trivedi et al.
NEJM 2005;353:692-700.
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The impact of standardized stroke orders on adherence to best practices
California Acute Stroke Pilot Registry (CASPR) Inv
Neurology 2005;65:360-365.
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Delivery of Preventive Services to Older Adults by Primary Care Physicians
Pham et al.
JAMA 2005;294:473-481.
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Quality of Care in U.S. Hospitals as Reflected by Standardized Measures, 2002-2004
Williams et al.
NEJM 2005;353:255-264.
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Care in U.S. Hospitals -- The Hospital Quality Alliance Program
Jha et al.
NEJM 2005;353:265-274.
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Improving the Quality of Hospital Care in America
Romano
NEJM 2005;353:302-304.
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Adoption of Spironolactone Therapy for Older Patients With Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in the United States, 1998-2001
Masoudi et al.
Circulation 2005;112:39-47.
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Identification of Patients With Diabetes From the Text of Physician Notes in the Electronic Medical Record
Turchin et al.
Diabetes Care 2005;28:1794-1795.
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Do Quality Improvement Organizations Improve the Quality of Hospital Care for Medicare Beneficiaries?
Snyder and Anderson
JAMA 2005;293:2900-2907.
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Report of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Working Group on Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease
Krumholz et al.
Circulation 2005;111:3158-3166.
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Need for Eye Care Among Older Adults With Diabetes Mellitus in Fee-for-Service and Managed Medicare
Brown et al.
Arch Ophthalmol 2005;123:669-675.
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Long-term Outcomes of Regional Variations in Intensity of Invasive vs Medical Management of Medicare Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Stukel et al.
JAMA 2005;293:1329-1337.
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The Unintended Consequences of Publicly Reporting Quality Information
Werner and Asch
JAMA 2005;293:1239-1244.
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Medicare As A Catalyst For Reducing Health Disparities
Eichner and Vladeck
Health Aff (Millwood) 2005;24:365-375.
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