Quality Information and Fragmented Markets: Patient Responses to Hospital Volume Thresholds
Kronebusch
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 2009;34:777-827.
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Influence of NCI Cancer Center Attendance on Mortality in Lung, Breast, Colorectal, and Prostate Cancer Patients
Onega et al.
Med Care Res Rev 2009;66:542-560.
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Centralization of Cancer Surgery: Implications for Patient Access to Optimal Care
Stitzenberg et al.
JCO 2009;27:4671-4678.
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Quality Wrapped in Volume Inside a Hospital
Bach
ANN INTERN MED 2009;150:729-730.
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National Practice Patterns for Management of Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Operation By Pediatric Heart Surgeons Decreases In-Hospital Death
Karamlou et al.
Circulation 2008;118:2345-2352.
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Measuring the Quality of Surgical Outcomes in General Thoracic Surgery: Should Surgical Volume Be Used to Direct Patient Referrals?
Kozower et al.
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2008;86:1405-1408.
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Directing Surgical Quality Improvement Initiatives: Comparison of Perioperative Mortality and Long-Term Survival for Cancer Surgery
Bilimoria et al.
JCO 2008;26:4626-4633.
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Measuring and Improving the Quality of Care for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery
Dimick and Upchurch
Circulation 2008;117:2534-2541.
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Reducing Avoidable Deaths Among Veterans: Directing Private-Sector Surgical Care to High-Performance Hospitals
Weeks et al.
AJPH 2007;97:2186-2192.
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Application of a Similarity Index to State Discharge Abstract Data to Identify Opportunities for Growth of Surgical and Anesthesia Practices
Wachtel et al.
Anesth. Analg. 2007;104:1157-1170.
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Impact of Surgeon and Hospital Caseload on the Likelihood of Performing Laparoscopic vs Open Sigmoid Resection for Diverticular Disease: A Study Based on 55 949 Patients
Weber et al.
Arch Surg 2007;142:253-259.
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Volume-Based Referral for Cancer Surgery: Informing the Debate
Hollenbeck et al.
JCO 2007;25:91-96.
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Hospital Volumes for Common Pediatric Specialty Operations
Berry et al.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2007;161:38-43.
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Distance From Home When Death Occurs: A Population-Based Study of Washington State, 1989-2002
Feudtner et al.
Pediatrics 2006;117:e932-e939.
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Driving Times and Distances to Hospitals With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the United States: Implications for Prehospital Triage of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Nallamothu et al.
Circulation 2006;113:1189-1195.
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The Case for Community Hospital Angioplasty
Wharton et al.
Circulation 2005;112:3509-3534.
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Clinical Predictions and Decisions to Perform Cardiac Surgery on High-Risk Patients
Dupuis
SEMIN CARDIOTHORAC VASC ANESTH 2005;9:179-186.
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Cardiac Revascularization in Specialty and General Hospitals
Cram et al.
NEJM 2005;352:1454-1462.
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Regionalization of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty and Implications for Patient Travel Distance
Kansagra et al.
JAMA 2004;292:1717-1723.
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