G E Rosenthal

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Affiliation: Case Western Reserve University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Severity-adjusted mortality and length of stay in teaching and nonteaching hospitals. Results of a regional study
    G E Rosenthal
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106 4961, USA
    JAMA 278:485-90. 1997
  2. ncbi Variations in standardized hospital mortality rates for six common medical diagnoses: implications for profiling hospital quality
    G E Rosenthal
    Department of Medicine, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, OH 44106 4961, USA
    Med Care 36:955-64. 1998
  3. ncbi Using hospital performance data in quality improvement: the Cleveland Health Quality Choice experience
    G E Rosenthal
    Institute for Health Care Research, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA
    Jt Comm J Qual Improv 24:347-60. 1998
  4. ncbi Measuring prognosis and case mix in hospitalized elders. The importance of functional status
    K E Covinsky
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 12:203-8. 1997
  5. ncbi Impact of risk-adjusting cesarean delivery rates when reporting hospital performance
    D C Aron
    Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Care Research, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, OH 44106 4961, USA
    JAMA 279:1968-72. 1998
  6. ncbi A regional evaluation of variation in low-severity hospital admissions
    G E Rosenthal
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, OH, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 12:416-22. 1997
  7. ncbi Are readmissions to the intensive care unit a useful measure of hospital performance?
    G S Cooper
    Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, OH 44106, USA
    Med Care 37:399-408. 1999
  8. ncbi Length of stay as a source of bias in comparing performance in VA and private sector facilities: lessons learned from a regional evaluation of intensive care outcomes
    P J Kaboli
    Department of Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
    Med Care 39:1014-24. 2001
  9. ncbi Lack of gender and racial differences in surgery and mortality in hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries with bleeding peptic ulcer
    G S Cooper
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 12:485-90. 1997
  10. ncbi Outcomes-based trial of an inpatient nurse practitioner service for general medical patients
    M H Pioro
    Division of General Internal Medicine and Institute for Health Care Research, VA Medical Center, Cleveland, USA
    J Eval Clin Pract 7:21-33. 2001

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Publications12

  1. ncbi Severity-adjusted mortality and length of stay in teaching and nonteaching hospitals. Results of a regional study
    G E Rosenthal
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106 4961, USA
    JAMA 278:485-90. 1997
    ..However, little empirical data exist about their relative quality and efficiency. The current study compared severity-adjusted mortality and length of stay (LOS) in teaching and nonteaching hospitals...
  2. ncbi Variations in standardized hospital mortality rates for six common medical diagnoses: implications for profiling hospital quality
    G E Rosenthal
    Department of Medicine, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, OH 44106 4961, USA
    Med Care 36:955-64. 1998
    ..The authors determined whether standardized hospital mortality rates varied for six common medical diagnoses...
  3. ncbi Using hospital performance data in quality improvement: the Cleveland Health Quality Choice experience
    G E Rosenthal
    Institute for Health Care Research, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA
    Jt Comm J Qual Improv 24:347-60. 1998
    ..The project developed and validated CHOICE, a severity adjustment system that includes diagnosis-specific models for medical, surgical, and obstetrical patients which are based on clinical data abstracted from patients' medical records...
  4. ncbi Measuring prognosis and case mix in hospitalized elders. The importance of functional status
    K E Covinsky
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 12:203-8. 1997
    ....
  5. ncbi Impact of risk-adjusting cesarean delivery rates when reporting hospital performance
    D C Aron
    Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Care Research, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, OH 44106 4961, USA
    JAMA 279:1968-72. 1998
    ..However, most rankings do not account for patient factors that affect the likelihood of cesarean delivery...
  6. ncbi A regional evaluation of variation in low-severity hospital admissions
    G E Rosenthal
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, OH, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 12:416-22. 1997
    ..The development of protocols for ambulatory management of low-severity patients and improvement of access to outpatient care would most likely decrease the utilization of more costly hospital services...
  7. ncbi Are readmissions to the intensive care unit a useful measure of hospital performance?
    G S Cooper
    Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, OH 44106, USA
    Med Care 37:399-408. 1999
    ..Although patients readmitted to intensive care units (ICUs) typically have poor outcomes, ICU readmission rates have not been studied as a measure of hospital performance...
  8. ncbi Length of stay as a source of bias in comparing performance in VA and private sector facilities: lessons learned from a regional evaluation of intensive care outcomes
    P J Kaboli
    Department of Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
    Med Care 39:1014-24. 2001
    ..Compare intensive care unit (ICU) mortality and length of stay (LOS) in a VA hospital and private sector hospitals and examine the impact of hospital utilization on mortality comparisons...
  9. ncbi Lack of gender and racial differences in surgery and mortality in hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries with bleeding peptic ulcer
    G S Cooper
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 12:485-90. 1997
    ..The findings raise the possibility that studies that have shown race and gender differences in management of coronary artery disease and cancer may not be generalizable to other common diagnoses...
  10. ncbi Outcomes-based trial of an inpatient nurse practitioner service for general medical patients
    M H Pioro
    Division of General Internal Medicine and Institute for Health Care Research, VA Medical Center, Cleveland, USA
    J Eval Clin Pract 7:21-33. 2001
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  11. ncbi Risk adjusting cesarean delivery rates: a comparison of hospital profiles based on medical record and birth certificate data
    D L DiGiuseppe
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
    Health Serv Res 36:959-77. 2001
    ..In contrast, limiting models to data elements with known reliability may yield rankings that are more similar to rankings based on medical record data...
  12. ncbi The relation between health status changes and patient satisfaction in older hospitalized medical patients
    K E Covinsky
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, and the Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ohio 44016-4961, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 13:223-9. 1998
    ..Comprehensive efforts to measure the outcomes and quality of hospital care will need to consider both patient satisfaction and changes in health status during hospitalization...