2016
Association between payments from manufacturers of pharmaceuticals to physicians and regional prescribing: cross sectional ecological study
Fleischman W, Agrawal S, King M, Venkatesh AK, Krumholz HM, McKee D, Brown D, Ross JS. Association between payments from manufacturers of pharmaceuticals to physicians and regional prescribing: cross sectional ecological study. The BMJ 2016, 354: i4189. PMID: 27540015, PMCID: PMC4989280, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i4189.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital referral regionsOral anticoagulantsReferral regionsDiabetes drugsDrug classesGreater prescribingMedicare Part D beneficiariesAdditional daysPart D beneficiariesMedicare Part D prescriptionsCross-sectional analysisSectional ecological studyMedicare Part DPart D prescriptionsManufacturers of pharmaceuticalsPrescribingAnticoagulantsPhysiciansDrugsPart DEducational materialsSectional analysisStudy limitationsConsulting feesAssociation
2005
From Adversary to Partner: Have Quality Improvement Organizations Made the Transition?
Bradley EH, Carlson MD, Gallo WT, Scinto J, Campbell MK, Krumholz HM. From Adversary to Partner: Have Quality Improvement Organizations Made the Transition? Health Services Research 2005, 40: 459-476. PMID: 15762902, PMCID: PMC1361151, DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.0y368.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAttitude of Health PersonnelBenchmarkingCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.Cross-Sectional StudiesHealth PromotionHospital AdministratorsHospitalsHumansMyocardial InfarctionOrganizational InnovationPhysician ExecutivesProfessional Review OrganizationsQuality Indicators, Health CareTotal Quality ManagementUnited StatesConceptsQuality Improvement OrganizationQuality of careAcute myocardial infarctionImprovement organizationsPeer review organizationsMyocardial infarctionHospital performance dataTarget physiciansNational random sampleSpecific interventionsHospitalHospital administrationQuality improvement directorsInterventionCareReview organizationsPhysiciansRandom sampleAdministrationOne-quarterManagement directorsInfarctionEducational materialsPatientsRespondents