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Based on key measures, care quality for Medicare enrollees at safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals was almost equalJoseph S Ross
Section of General Internal Medicine at Yale University s School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 31:1739-48. 2012..For heart failure mortality, there was no difference between safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals. These findings suggest that safety-net hospitals are performing better than many would have expected...- Promoting transparency in pharmaceutical industry-sponsored researchJoseph S Ross
Section of General Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine and Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT 06520 8093, USA
Am J Public Health 102:72-80. 2012..Minimizing marketing's impact on clinical trial research and strengthening the science will protect medical literature's integrity and the public's health... - State Medicaid programs did not make use of prior authorization to promote safer prescribing after rosiglitazone warningJoseph S Ross
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 31:188-98. 2012.... 
Publication of NIH funded trials registered in ClinicalTrials.gov: cross sectional analysisJoseph S Ross
Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 0520, USA
BMJ 344:d7292. 2012..To review patterns of publication of clinical trials funded by US National Institutes of Health (NIH) in peer reviewed biomedical journals indexed by Medline...- Recent trends in chronic disease, impairment and disability among older adults in the United StatesWilliam W Hung
Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
BMC Geriatr 11:47. 2011..To examine concurrent prevalence trends of chronic disease, impairment and disability among older adults... - Correlation of inpatient and outpatient measures of stroke care quality within veterans health administration hospitalsJoseph S Ross
Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine and Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA
Stroke 42:2269-75. 2011..We examined the correlation between stroke care quality at hospital discharge and within 6 months postdischarge... - State-sponsored public reporting of hospital quality: results are hard to find and lack uniformityJoseph S Ross
Yale University School, Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:2317-22. 2010..Information varied considerably from state to state, by health condition and by process and outcome measures reported. We examine the implications of these findings for future state initiatives... - Relationship between hospital readmission and mortality rates for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumoniaHarlan M Krumholz
Department of Internal Medicine Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 1 Church St, Ste 200, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
JAMA 309:587-93. 2013..The evaluation of hospital performance as measured by RSMRs and RSRRs has not been well characterized... - Comparison of hospital risk-standardized mortality rates calculated by using in-hospital and 30-day models: an observational study with implications for hospital profilingElizabeth E Drye
Yale University School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
Ann Intern Med 156:19-26. 2012..In-hospital mortality measures, which are widely used to assess hospital quality, are not based on a standardized follow-up period and may systematically favor hospitals with shorter lengths of stay (LOSs)... - Cumulative exposure to ionizing radiation from diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac imaging procedures: a population-based analysisJersey Chen
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Epidemiology and Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 56:702-11. 2010..The purpose of this study was to describe radiation exposure from cardiac imaging procedures over time in a general population... - National patterns of risk-standardized mortality and readmission for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure. Update on publicly reported outcomes measures based on the 2010 releaseSusannah M Bernheim
Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, 1 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 3:459-67. 2010..We provide a national perspective on hospital performance for the 2010 release of these measures... - Differences in patient survival after acute myocardial infarction by hospital capability of performing percutaneous coronary intervention: implications for regionalizationJersey Chen
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8017, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:433-9. 2010..Whether regionalization will improve outcomes depends in part on the magnitude of existing differences in outcomes between PCI and non-PCI hospitals within the same health care region... - Skilled nursing facility referral and hospital readmission rates after heart failure or myocardial infarctionJersey Chen
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Am J Med 125:100.e1-9. 2012.... - Who is missing from the measures? Trends in the proportion and treatment of patients potentially excluded from publicly reported quality measuresSusannah M Bernheim
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Am Heart J 160:943-950.e1-5. 2010..We describe trends in the proportion of patients with AMI with contraindications that could lead to discretionary exclusion from public reporting... - US cardiologist workforce from 1995 to 2007: modest growth, lasting geographic maldistribution especially in rural areasSanjay Aneja
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:2301-9. 2011..This maldistribution could be addressed through a variety of strategies, including the use of telemedicine and economic incentives... - Reduction in acute myocardial infarction mortality in the United States: risk-standardized mortality rates from 1995-2006Harlan M Krumholz
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 1 Church St, Ste 200, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
JAMA 302:767-73. 2009..However, little has been reported about improvements in hospital short-term mortality rates or reductions in between-hospital variation in short-term mortality rates... - Influence of patients' socioeconomic status on clinical management decisions: a qualitative studySusannah M Bernheim
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, PO Box 208025, New Haven, CT 208088, USA
Ann Fam Med 6:53-9. 2008..We investigated physician perspectives on how patients' SES influences care... - An administrative claims measure suitable for profiling hospital performance on the basis of 30-day all-cause readmission rates among patients with heart failurePatricia S Keenan
Section of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8088, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 1:29-37. 2008..We present a model approved by the National Quality Forum for the purpose of public reporting of hospital-level readmission rates by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services... - Do imaging studies performed in physician offices increase downstream utilization?: an empiric analysis of cardiac stress testing with imagingJersey Chen
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 4:630-7. 2011..The goal of this study was to compare patterns of downstream testing and procedures after stress testing with imaging performed at physician offices versus at hospital-outpatient facilities.. - When choosing statin therapy: the case for genericsJonas B Green
Cedars Sinai Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA 90049, USA
JAMA Intern Med 173:229-32. 2013..In this article, we review the evidence supporting the choice of generic statins... - Physician attitudes toward industry: a view across the specialtiesDeborah Korenstein
Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave Levy Place, Campus Box 1087, New York, NY 10029, USA
Arch Surg 145:570-7. 2010..To explore attitudes of physicians from all specialties toward gifts from and interactions with the pharmaceutical and medical device industries... - Study of neurontin: titrate to effect, profile of safety (STEPS) trial: a narrative account of a gabapentin seeding trialSamuel D Krumholz
Never Again Consulting LLC, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Arch Intern Med 171:1100-7. 2011..Seeding trials, clinical studies conducted by pharmaceutical companies for marketing purposes, have rarely been described in detail... - Use of hospital-based acute care among patients recently discharged from the hospitalAnita A Vashi
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
JAMA 309:364-71. 2013..Emergency department (ED) visits are also a marker of hospital-based acute care following discharge but little is known about ED use during this period... - Advanced access scheduling outcomes: a systematic reviewKatherine D Rose
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Arch Intern Med 171:1150-9. 2011.... - The cost of breast cancer screening in the Medicare populationCary P Gross
Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy, and Effectiveness Research COPPER Center, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center and Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
JAMA Intern Med 173:220-6. 2013.... - Medical school gift restriction policies and physician prescribing of newly marketed psychotropic medications: difference-in-differences analysisMarissa King
Yale University School of Management, New Haven, CT, USA
BMJ 346:f264. 2013..To examine the effect of attending a medical school with an active policy on restricting gifts from representatives of pharmaceutical and device industries on subsequent prescribing behavior... - Assessing the impact of screening colonoscopy on mortality in the medicare populationCary P Gross
Yale School of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:1441-9. 2011..We estimated the expected benefits (decreased mortality from CRC) and harms (SC-related mortality) of SC based on sex, age, and comorbidity... - Sharing of clinical trial data among trialists: a cross sectional surveyVinay Rathi
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 0520, USA
BMJ 345:e7570. 2012..To investigate clinical trialists' opinions and experiences of sharing of clinical trial data with investigators who are not directly collaborating with the research team... - Exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation from medical imaging proceduresReza Fazel
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30306, USA
N Engl J Med 361:849-57. 2009..The growing use of imaging procedures in the United States has raised concerns about exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation in the general population... - Avoidance of generic competition by Abbott Laboratories' fenofibrate franchiseNicholas S Downing
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Arch Intern Med 172:724-30. 2012.... - Regulatory review of novel therapeutics--comparison of three regulatory agenciesNicholas S Downing
School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
N Engl J Med 366:2284-93. 2012..The upcoming reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act focuses on improving the review process for new drug applications at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)... - Beyond insurance coverage: usual source of care in the treatment of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. Data from the 2003-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyErica S Spatz
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8088, USA
Am Heart J 160:115-21. 2010..We sought to examine the association between having a usual source of care (USOC) and receiving medication treatment of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia... - What have we learnt from Vioxx?Harlan M Krumholz
Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, PO Box 208088, New Haven, CT 06520 8088, USA
BMJ 334:120-3. 2007 
Effect of blinded peer review on abstract acceptanceJoseph S Ross
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, New Haven, Conn 06520-8088, USA
JAMA 295:1675-80. 2006..Moreover, blinded review at least partially reduced reviewer bias...- Use of health care services by lower-income and higher-income uninsured adultsJoseph S Ross
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Conn 06520 8088, USA
JAMA 295:2027-36. 2006..Although the uninsured comprise a range of income levels, little attention has been directed at higher-income uninsured adults and their patterns of care... - Economic evaluation of a comprehensive teenage pregnancy prevention program: pilot programMarjorie S Rosenthal
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8088, USA
Am J Prev Med 37:S280-7. 2009..However, there have been limited data on the costs and cost effectiveness of such programs... - Self-reported and actual beta-blocker prescribing for heart failure patients: physician predictorsSanjai Sinha
Department of Medicine, James J Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA
PLoS ONE 4:e8522. 2009..Beta-blockers reduce mortality among patients with systolic heart failure (HF), yet primary care provider prescription rates remain low... - Brief report: Housestaff adherence to cervical cancer screening recommendationsJoseph S Ross
Yale University School of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Internal Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:68-70. 2006..However, we found lower adherence among a small subgroup of housestaff at a slightly greater risk for cervical disease and most likely to benefit from screening...