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2012

Skinner JS, Weinstein JN, Fisher ES. Withholds to Slow Medicare Spending: A Better Deal Than Cuts. JAMA 2012;307(1):43-44.
Barry MJ, Gallagher PM, Skinner JS, Fowler FJ Jr. Adverse Effects of Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Versus Open Retropubic Radical Prostatectomy Among a Nationwide Random Sample of Medicare-Age Men. J Clin Oncol 2012 Jan 3. [Epub ahead of print]
Goodney PP, Travis LL, Nallamothu BK, Holman K, Suckow B, Henke PK, Lucas FL, Goodman DC, Birkmeyer JD, Fisher ES. Variation in the use of lower extremity vascular procedures for critical limb ischemia. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2012 Jan 1;5(1):94-102.
Birkmeyer JD, Gust C, Dimick JB, Birkmeyer NJ, Skinner JS. Hospital quality and the cost of inpatient surgery in the United States. Ann Surg 2012 Jan;255(1):1-5.
Hillner BE, Tosteson AN, Song Y, Tosteson TD, Onega T, Goodman DC, Siegel BA. Growth in the Use of PET for Six Cancer Types After Coverage by Medicare: Additive or Replacement?. J Am Coll Radiol 2012 Jan;9(1):33-41.

2011

Fisher ES, McClellan MB, Safran DG. Building the path to accountable care. N Engl J Med 2011 Dec 29;365(26):2445-7.
Goodney PP, Travis L, Lucas FL, Fillinger MF, Goodman DC, Cronenwett JL, Stone DH. Survival After Open Versus Endovascular Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair in an Observational Study of the Medicare Population. Circulation 2011 Dec 13;124(24):2661-9.
Miller DC, Gust C, Dimick JB, Birkmeyer N, Skinner J, Birkmeyer JD. Large Variations In Medicare Payments For Surgery Highlight Savings Potential From Bundled Payment Programs. Health Affairs 2011 Nov;30(11):2107-15.
Lucas FL, Siewers A, Goodman DC, Wang D, Wennberg DE. New cardiac surgery programs established from 1993 to 2004 led to little increased access, substantial duplication of services. Health Affairs 2011 Aug;30(8):1569-74.
Chang CH, Stukel TA, Flood AB, Goodman DC. Primary Care Physician Workforce and Medicare Beneficiaries' Health Outcomes. JAMA 2011;305(20):2096-104.
Goodman DC. End-of-Life Cancer Care in Ontario and the United States: Quality by Accident or Quality by Design?. J Natl Cancer Inst (2011):doi:10.1093/jnci/djr161.
Hassmiller SB, Goodman DC. Interprofessional Care and the Future of Nursing. J Interprof Care 2011 May;25(3):163-4.
Bynum JP, Andrews A, Sharp S, McCollough D, Wennberg JE. Fewer hospitalizations result when primary care is highly integrated into a continuing care retirement community. Health Affairs 2011 May;30(5):975-84.
Chandra A, Jena AB, Skinner JS. The pragmatist's guide to comparative effectiveness research. J Econ Perspect 2011 Spring;25(2):27-46.
Wennberg JE. Time to Tackle Unwarranted Variations in Practice. BMJ 2011;342:d1513.
Welch HG, Sharp SM, Gottlieb DJ, Skinner JS, Wennberg JE. Geographic Variation in Diagnosis Frequency and Risk of Death Among Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA 2011;305(11):1113-8.
Venkatraman G, Likosky DS, Morrison D, Zhou W, Finlayson SR, Goodman DC. Small Area Variation in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Rates among the Medicare Population. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2011 Mar;137(3):253-7.
Nyweide DJ, Anthony DL, Chang CH, Goodman DC. Seniors’ Perceptions Of Health Care Not Closely Associated With Physician Supply. Health Affairs February 2011;30(2):219-27.
Bell JE, Leung BC, Spratt KF, Koval KJ, Weinstein JD, Goodman DC, Tosteson AN. Trends and Variation in Incidence, Surgical Treatment, and Repeat Surgery of Proximal Humeral Fractures in the Elderly. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2011 Jan;93(2):121-31.
Shipman SA, Lan J, Chang CH, Goodman DC. Geographic Maldistribution of Primary Care for Children. Pediatrics 2011 Jan;127(1):19-27.
Matlock DD, Peterson PN, Heidenreich PA, Lucas FL, Malenka DJ, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Kutner JS, Fisher ES, Masoudi FA. Regional Variation in the Use of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators for Primary Prevention: Results From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2011 Jan 1;4(1):114-21.
Goodman DC. Preventing Ruin, or the Ruin of United States Health Care?. J Leg Med 2011 Jan;32(1):61-76.

2010

Bynum JP, Fisher ES, Song Y, Skinner J, Chandra A. Measuring Racial Disparities in the Quality of Ambulatory Diabetes Care. Med Care 2010 Dec;48(12):1057-63.
Busato A, Matter P, Künzi B, Goodman DC. Supply Sensitive Services in Swiss Ambulatory Care: An Analysis of Basic Health Insurance Records for 2003-2007. BMC Health Serv Res 2010 Nov 23;10:315.
Fisher ES, Shortell SM. Accountable Care Organizations: Accountable for What, to Whom, and How. JAMA. 2010;304(15):1715-6.
Shortell SM, Casalino LP, Fisher ES. How The Center For Medicare And Medicaid Innovation Should Test Accountable Care Organizations. Health Affairs 2010;29(7):1293-8.
Weinstein JN, Tosteson TD, Lurie JD, Tosteson A, Blood E, Herkowitz H, Cammisa F, Albert T, Boden SD, Hilibrand A, Goldberg H, Berven S, An H. Surgical versus Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Four-year Results of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial. Spine 2010 Jun 15;35(14):1329-38.
Onega T, Duell EJ, Shi X, Demidenko E, Goodman DC. Race versus Place of Service in Mortality among Medicare Beneficiaries with Cancer. Cancer 2010;116(11):2698–706.
Guttman AS, Shipman SA, Lam K, Goodman DC, Stukel TA. Primary Care Physician Supply and Children's Health Care Use, Access, and Outcomes: Findings From Canada. Pediatrics 2010;125(6):1119-26.
Venkatraman G, Likosky DS, Zhou W, Finlayson SRG, Goodman DC. Trends in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Rates in the Medicare Population. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2010;136(5):426-30.
Song Y, Skinner JS, Bynum JPW, Sutherland JM, Wennberg JE, Fisher ES. Regional Variations in Diagnostic Practices. New Engl J Med 2010;363(1):45-53.
McClellan M, McKethan AN, Lewis JL, Roski J, Fisher ES. A National Strategy To Put Accountable Care Into Practice. Health Affairs 2010;29(5):982-90.
Weeks WB, Gottlieb DJ, Nyweide DJ, Sutherland JM, Bynum JPW, Casalino LP, Gillies RR, Shortell SM, Fisher ES. Higher Health Care Quality And Bigger Savings Found At Large Multispecialty Medical Groups. Health Affairs 2010;29(5):991-7.
Bynum JPW, Song Y, Fisher ES. Variation in Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening in Men Aged 80 and Older in Fee-for-Service Medicare. J Am Geriatr Soc 2010 Apr;58(4):674-80.
Skinner JS, Staiger DO, Fisher ES. Looking Back, Moving Forward. N Engl J Med 2010 Feb;362(7):569-574.
Gottlieb DJ, Zhou W, Song Y, Andrews KG, Skinner JS, Sutherland JM. Prices Don't Drive Regional Medicare Spending Variations. Health Affairs 2010;29(3):537-43.
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Goodney PP, Travis LL, Malenka D, Bronner KK, Lucas FL, Cronenwett JL, Goodman DC, Fisher ES. Regional Variation in Carotid Artery Stenting and Endarterectomy in the Medicare Population. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2010;3(1):15-24.

2009

Nyweide DJ, Weeks WB, Gottlieb DJ, Casalino LP, Fisher ES. Relationship of Primary Care Physicians' Patient Caseload With Measurement of Quality and Cost Performance. JAMA 2009;302(22):2444-50.
Rittenhouse DR, Shortell SM, Fisher ES. Primary Care and Accountable Care - Two Essential Elements of Delivery-System Reform. N Engl J Med 2009 Dec;361(24):2301-3.
Gawande AA, Fisher ES, Gruber J, Rosenthal MB. The Cost of Health Care - Highlights from a Discussion about Economics and Reform. N Engl J Med 2009;361(15):1421-3.
Onega T, Duell EJ, Shi X, Demidenko E, Gottlieb D, Goodman DC. Influence of NCI Cancer Center Attendance on Mortality in Lung, Breast, Colorectal, and Prostate Cancer Patients. Med Care Res Rev 2009 Oct;66(5):542-60.
Sutherland JM, Fisher ES, Skinner JS. Getting Past Denial - The High Cost of Health Care in the United States. N Engl J Med 2009;361(13):1227-30.
Goodman DC. Unwarranted Variation in Pediatric Medical Care. Pediatr Clin North Am 2009 Aug;56(4):745-55.
Yasaitis L, Fisher ES, Skinner JS, Chandra A. Hospital Quality and Intensity of Spending: Is There an Association?. Health Affairs 2009 Jul-Aug;28(4):w566-72.
Fisher ES, Berwick DM, Davis K. Achieving Health Care Reform - How Physicians can Help. N Engl J Med 2009;360(24):2495-7.
Barnato AE, Anthony DL, Skinner J, Gallagher PM, Fisher ES. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Preferences for End-of-Life Treatment. J Gen Intern Med 2009 Jun;24(6):695-701.
Weinstein JN, Lurie JD, Tosteson TD, Zhao W, Blood EA, Tosteson AN, Birkmeyer N, Herkowitz H, Longley M, Lenke L, Emery S, Hu SS. Surgical Compared with Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis. Four-year Results in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) Randomized and Observational Cohorts. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2009 Jun;91(6):1295-304.
Anthony DL, Herndon MB, Gallagher PM, Barnato AE, Bynum JP, Gottlieb DJ, Fisher ES, Skinner JS. How Much do Patients' Preferences Contribute to Resource Use?. Health Affairs 2009 May-Jun;28(3):864-73.
Fisher ES, Bynum JP, Skinner JS. Slowing the Growth of Health Care Costs - Lessons from Regional Variation. N Engl J Med 2009;360(9):849-52.
Onega T, Duell EJ, Shi X, Demidenko E, Goodman DC. Determinants of NCI Cancer Center Attendance in Medicare Patients with Lung, Breast, Colorectal, or Prostate Cancer. J Gen Intern Med 2009 Feb;24(2):205-10.
Berke EM, Smith T, Song Y, Halpern MT, Goodman DC. Cancer Care in the United States: Identifying End-of-Life Cohorts. J Palliat Med 2009;12(2):128-32.
Fisher ES, McClellan MB, Bertko J, Lieberman SM, Lee JJ, Lewis JL, Skinner JS. Fostering Accountable Health Care: Moving Forward In Medicare. Health Affairs 2009 Feb;28(2):w219-31.
Wennberg JE, Bronner KK, Skinner JS, Fisher ES, Goodman DC. Inpatient Care Intensity and Patients' Ratings of their Hospital Experiences. Health Affairs 2009 Jan;28(1):103-12.
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Skinner JS, Chandra A, Goodman DC, Fisher ES. The Elusive Connection between Health Care Spending and Quality. Health Affairs 2009 Jan-Feb;28(1):w119-23.

2008

Weinstein JN, Lurie JD, Tosteson TD, Tosteson AN, Blood EA, Abdu WA, Herkowitz H, Hilibrand A, Albert T, Fischgrund J. Surgical versus Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Disc Herniation: Four-year Results for the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT). Spine 2008 Dec 1;33(25):2789-800.
Baldwin LM, Cai Y, Larson EH, Dobie SA, Wright GE, Goodman DC, Matthews B, Hart LG. Access to Cancer Services for Rural Colorectal Cancer Patients. J Rural Health 2008;24(4):390-9.
Fisher ES. Building a Medical Neighborhood for the Medical Home. N Engl J Med 2008;359(12):1202-5.
Goodman DC. Improving Accountability for the Public Investment in Health Profession Education: It's Time to Try Health Workforce Planning. JAMA 2008;300(10):1205-7.
Rittenhouse DR, Fryer GE Jr, Phillips RL Jr, Miyoshi T, Nielsen C, Goodman DC, Grumbach K. Impact of Title VII Training Programs on Community Health Center Staffing and National Health Service Corps Participation. Ann Fam Med 2008 Sep-Oct;6(5):397-405.
Radley DC, Gottlieb DJ, Fisher ES, Tosteson AN. Comorbidity Risk-Adjustment Strategies are Comparable among Persons with Hip Fracture. J Clin Epidemiol 2008 Jun;61(6):580-7.
O'Kane M, Corrigan J, Foote SM, Tunis SR, Isham GJ, Nichols LM, Fisher ES, Ebeler JC, Block JA, Bradley BE, Cassel CK, Ness DL, Tooker J. Crossroads in Quality. Health Affairs 2008 May-Jun;27(3):749-58.
Salsberg ES, Grover A, Simon MA, Frick SL, Kuremsky MA, Goodman DC. An AOA Critical Issue: Future Physician Workforce Requirements: Implications for Orthopaedic Surgery Education. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2008;90:1143-59.
Sirovich B, Gallagher PM, Wennberg DE, Fisher ES. Discretionary Decision-Making by Primary Care Physicians and the Cost of U.S. Health Care. Health Affairs 2008 May-Jun;27(3):813-23.
Goodman DC, Fisher ES. Physician Workforce Crisis? Wrong Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription. N Engl J Med 2008;358(16):1658-61.
Bernal-Delgado E, Fisher ES. Abstracts in High Profile Journals Often Fail to Report Harm. BMC Med Res Methodol 2008;8:14.
Weinstein JN, Tosteson TD, Lurie JD, Tosteson AN, Blood E, Hanscom B, Herkowitz H, Cammisa F, Albert T, Boden SD, Hilibrand A, Goldberg H, Berven S, An H; SPORT Investigators. Surgical versus Nonsurgical Therapy for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. N Engl J Med 2008;358(8):794-810.
Onega T, Duell EJ, Shi X, Wang D, Demidenko E, Goodman DC. Geographic Access to Cancer Care in the United States. Cancer 2008;112:909-18.
Pearson AM, Blood EA, Frymoyer JW, Herkowitz H, Abdu WA, Woodward R, Longley M, Emery SE, Lurie JD, Tosteson TD, Weinstein JN. SPORT Lumbar Intervertebral Disk Herniation and Back Pain: Does Treatment, Location, or Morphology Matter?. Spine 2008 Feb;33(4):428-35.
Baker LC, Fisher ES, Wennberg JE. Variations in Hospital Resource Use for Medicare and Privately Insured Populations in California. Health Affairs 2008 Feb;27(2):w123-34.
Goodney PP, Lucas FL, Likosky DS, Malenka DJ, Fisher ES. Changes in the Use of Carotid Revascularization among the Medicare Population. Arch Surg 2008 Feb;143(2):170-3.
Goodman DC, Grumbach K. Does Having More Physicians Lead to Better Health System Performance?. JAMA 2008 Jan;299(3):335-7.
Axelrod DA, Guidinger MK, Finlayson S, Schaubel DE, Goodman DC, Chobanian M, Merion RM. Rates of Solid-Organ Wait-Listing, Transplantation, and Survival among Residents of Rural and Urban Areas. JAMA 2008;299(2):202-7.
Tosteson AN, Stout NK, Fryback DG, Acharyya S, Herman BA, Hannah LG, Pisano ED, DMIST Investigators. Cost-Effectiveness of Digital Mammography Breast Cancer Screening. Ann Intern Med 2008 Jan;148(1):1-10.

2007

Wennberg JE, O'Connor AM, Collins ED, Weinstein JN. Extending the P4P Agenda, Part 1: How Medicare can Improve Patient Decision Making and Reduce Unnecessary Care. Health Affairs 2007 Nov;26(6):1564-74.
Wennberg JE, Fisher ES, Skinner JS, Bronner KK. Extending the P4P Agenda, Part 2: How Medicare can Reduce Waste and Improve the Care of the Chronically Ill. Health Affairs 2007 Nov;26(6):1575-85.
Tosteson AN, Gottlieb DJ, Radley DC, Fisher ES, Melton LJ 3rd. Excess Mortality Following Hip Fracture: The Role of Underlying Health Status. Osteoporos Int 2007 Nov;18(11):1463-72.
Weinstein JN, Lurie JD, Tosteson TD, Hanscom B, Tosteson AN, Blood EA, Birkmeyer NJ, Hilibrand AS, Herkowitz H, Cammisa FP, Albert TJ, Emery SE, Lenke LG, Abdu WA, Longley M, Errico TJ, Hu SS. Surgical versus Nonsurgical Treatment for Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis. N Engl J Med 2007;356(22):2257-70.
O'Connor AM, Wennberg JE, Legare F, Llewellyn-Thomas HA, Moulton BW, Sepucha KR, Sodano AG, King JS. Toward the 'Tipping Point': Decision Aids and Informed Patient Choice. Health Affairs 2007 May-Jun;26(3):716-25.
Baicker K, Fisher ES, Chandra A. Malpractice Liability Costs and the Practice of Medicine in the Medicare Program. Health Affairs 2007 May-Jun;26(3):841-52.
Weinstein JN, Clay K, Morgan TS. Informed Patient Choice: Patient-Centered Valuing of Surgical Risks and Benefits. Health Affairs 2007 May-Jun;26(3):726-30.
Barnato AE, Herndon MB, Anthony DL, Gallagher PM, Skinner JS, Bynum JP, Fisher ES. Are Regional Variations in End-of-Life Care Intensity Explained by Patient Preferences? A Study of the U.S. Medicare Population. Med Care 2007 May;45(5):386-93.
Goodman DC, Klerman LV, Johnson KA, Chang CH, Marth N. Geographic Access to Family Planning Facilities and the Risk of Unintended and Teenage Pregnancy. Matern Child Health J 2007 Mar;11(2):145-52.
Bynum JPW, Bernal-Delgado E, Gottlieb D, Fisher ES. Assigning Ambulatory Patients and their Physicians to Hospitals: A Method for Obtaining Population-Based Provider Performance Measurements. Health Serv Res 2007;42:45-62.
Stukel TA, Fisher ES, Wennberg DE, Alter DA, Gottlieb DJ, Vermeulen MJ. Analysis of Observational Studies in the Presence of Treatment Selection Bias: Effects of Invasive Cardiac Management on AMI Survival Using Propensity Score and Instrumental Variable Methods. JAMA 2007;297:278-85.
Wilson CT, Fisher ES, Welch HG, Siewers AE, Lucas FL. U.S. Trends in CABG Hospital Volume: The Effect of Adding Cardiac Surgery Programs. Health Affairs 2007 Jan-Feb;26(1):162-8.

2006

Fisher ES, Staiger DO, Bynum JPW, Gottlieb DJ. Creating Accountable Care Organizations: The Extended Hospital Medical Staff. Health Affairs web exclusive, 5 December 2006; 10.1377/hlthaff.26.1.w44.
Weinstein JN, Tosteson TD, Lurie JD, Tosteson AN, Hanscom B, Skinner JS, Abdu WA, Hilibrand AS, Boden SD, Deyo RA. Surgical vs Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation: The Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT): A Randomized Trial. JAMA 2006;296:2441-50.
Weinstein JN, Lurie JD, Tosteson TD, Skinner JS, Hanscom B, Tosteson AN, Herkowitz H, Fischgrund J, Cammisa FP, Albert T, Deyo RA. Surgical vs Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation: The Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) Observational Cohort. JAMA 2006;296:2451-9.
Fisher ES. Paying for Performance - Risks and Recommendations. N Engl J Med 2006;355(18):1845-7.
Weinstein JN, Lurie JD, Olson PR, Bronner KK, Fisher ES. United States' Trends and Regional Variations in Lumbar Spine Surgery: 1992-2003. Spine 2006;31(23):2707-14.
Weeks WB, Bott DM, Bazos DA, Campbell SL, Lombardo R, Racz MJ, Hannan EL, Wright SM, Fisher ES. Veterans Health Administration Patients' Use of the Private Sector for Coronary Revascularization in New York: Opportunities to Improve Outcomes by Directing Care to High-Performance Hospitals. Med Care 2006 Jun;44(6):519-26.
Sirovich BE, Gottlieb DJ, Welch HG, Fisher ES. Regional Variations in Health Care Intensity and Physician Perceptions of Quality of Care. Ann Intern Med 2006;144:641-9.
Chan L, Hart LG, Goodman DC. Geographic Access to Health Care for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries. J Rural Health 2006;22(2):140-6.
Goodman DC, Stukel TA, Chang CH, Wennberg JE. End-of-Life Care at Academic Medical Centers: Implications for Future Workforce Requirements. Health Affairs 2006 Mar-Apr;25(2):521-31.
Skinner JS, Staiger DO, Fisher ES. Is Technological Change in Medicine Always Worth It? The Case of Acute Myocardial Infarction. Health Affairs web exclusive, 7 February 2006; 10.1377/hlthaff.25.w34.

2005

Wennberg JE, Fisher ES, Baker L, Sharp SM, Bronner KK. Evaluating the Efficiency of California Providers in Caring for Patients with Chronic Illness. Health Affairs web exclusive, 16 November 2005; 10.1377/hlthaff.w5.526.
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Thompson LA, Goodman DC, Chang CH, Stukel TA. Regional Variation in Rates of Low Birth Weight. Pediatrics 2005 Nov;116(5):1114-21.
Teno JM, Mor V, Ward N, Roy J, Clarridge B, Wennberg JE, Fisher ES. Bereaved Family Member Perceptions of Quality of End-of-Life Care in U.S. Regions with High and Low Usage of Intensive Care Unit Care. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005 Nov;53(11):1905-11.
Skinner J, Chandra A, Staiger D, Lee J, McClellan M. Mortality after Acute Myocardial Infarction in Hospitals that Disproportionately Treat Black Patients. Circulation 2005;112:2634-41.
Sirovich BE, Gottlieb DJ, Welch HG, Fisher ES. Variation in the Tendency of Primary Care Physicians to Intervene. Arch Intern Med 2005;165:2252-6.
Jha AK, Fisher ES, Li Z, Orav EJ, Epstein AM. Racial Trends in the Use of Major Procedures among the Elderly. N Engl J Med 2005;353(7):683-91.
Cull WL, Chang CH, Goodman DC. Where do Graduating Pediatric Residents Seek Practice Positions?. Ambul Pediatr 2005 Jul-Aug;5(4):228-34.
Goodman DC, Committee on Pediatric Workforce. The Pediatrician Workforce: Current Status and Future Prospects. Pediatrics 2005 Jul;116(1):e156-73.
Malenka DJ, Kaplan AV, Sharp SM, Wennberg JE. Postmarketing Surveillance of Medical Devices Using Medicare Claims. Health Affairs 2005 Jul-Aug;24(4):928-37.
Goodman DC. The Physician Workforce Crisis: Where is the Evidence?. Health Affairs web exclusive, 15 March 2005; 10.1377/hlthaff.w5.108.
Baicker K, Chandra A, Skinner J. Geographic Variation and the Problem of Measuring Racial Disparities in Health Care. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 48.1 (2005) S42-53.

2004

Wennberg JE, Fisher ES, Stukel TA, Sharp SM. Use of Medicare Claims Data to Monitor Provider-Specific Performance among Patients with Severe Chronic Illness. Health Affairs web exclusive, 7 Oct 2004; 10.1377/hlthaff.var.5.
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Fisher ES, Wennberg DE, Stukel TA, Gottlieb DJ. Variations in the Longitudinal Efficiency of Academic Medical Centers. Health Affairs web exclusive, 7 Oct 2004; 10.1377/hlthaff.var.19.
Goodman DC. Trends: Twenty-Year Trends in Regional Variations in the U.S. Physician Workforce. Health Affairs web exclusive, 7 Oct 2004; 10.1377/hlthaff.var.90.
Baicker K, Chandra A, Skinner J, Wennberg JE. Who You Are and Where You Live: How Race and Geography Affect the Treatment of Medicare Beneficiaries. Health Affairs web exclusive, 7 Oct 2004; 10.1377/hlthaff.var.33.
Wennberg JE. Practice Variations and Health Care Reform: Connecting the Dots. Health Affairs web exclusive, 7 Oct 2004; 10.1377/hlthaff.var.140.
Weinstein JN, Bronner KK, Morgan TS, Wennberg, JE. Trends and Geographic Variations in Major Surgery for Degenerative Diseases of the Hip, Knee, and Spine. Health Affairs web exclusive, 7 Oct 2004; 10.1377/hlthaff.var.81.
Wennberg JE, Peters PG Jr. Unwarranted Variations in the Quality of Health Care: Can the Law Help Medicine Provide a Remedy/Remedies?. Spec Law Dig Health Care Law 2004 Sep;(305):9-25.
Wennberg JE, Fisher ES, Stukel TA, Skinner JS, Sharp SM, Bronner KK. Use of Hospitals, Physician Visits, and Hospice Care during Last Six Months of Life among Cohorts Loyal to Highly Respected Hospitals in the United States. BMJ 2004;328:607-10.
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2003

Wennberg DE, Wennberg JE. Addressing Variations: Is There Hope for the Future?. Health Affairs web exclusive, 10 December 2003; 10.1377/hlthaff.w3.614.
O'Connor AM, Mulley AG, Wennberg JE. Standard Consultations are Not Enough to Ensure Decision Quality regarding Preference-Sensitive Options. JNCI 2003;95(8):570-1.
Fisher ES, Wennberg DE, Stukel TA, Gottlieb DJ, Lucas FL, Pinder EL. The Implications of Regional Variations in Medicare Spending. Part 1: The Content, Quality, and Accessibility of Care. Ann Intern Med 2003;138(4):273-87.
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Fisher ES, Wennberg DE, Stukel TA, Gottlieb DJ, Lucas FL, Pinder EL. The Implications of Regional Variations in Medicare Spending. Part 2: Health Outcomes and Satisfaction with Care. Ann Intern Med 2003;138(4):288-98.
Goodman DC, Mick SS, Bott D, Stukel TA, Chang CH, Marth N, Poage J, Carretta HJ. Primary Care Service Areas: A New Tool for the Evaluation of Primary Care Services. Health Serv Res 2003 Feb;38:287-309.
Fisher ES, Wennberg JE. Health Care Quality, Geographic Variations, and the Challenge of Supply-Sensitive Care. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 46.1 (2003) 69-79.

2002

Wennberg JE. Unwarranted Variations in Healthcare Delivery: Implications for Academic Medical Centres. BMJ 2002;325:961-4.
Wennberg JE, Fisher ES. Finding High Quality, Efficient Providers for Value Purchasing: Cohort Methods Better than Methods Based on Events. Med Care 2002 Oct;40(10):853-5.
Birkmeyer JD, Skinner JS, Wennberg DE. Will Volume-Based Referral Strategies Reduce Costs or Just Save Lives?. Health Affairs 2002 Sep-Oct;21(5):234-41.
Wennberg JE, Fisher ES, Skinner JS. Geography and the Debate over Medicare Reform. Health Affairs web exclusive, 13 February 2002; 10.1377/hlthaff.w2.96.

2001

Fuchs V, McClellan M, Skinner JS. Area Differences in Utilization of Medical Care and Mortality Among U.S. Elderly. NBER Working Paper No. 8628, December 2001.
Skinner JS, Fisher ES, Wennberg JE. The Efficiency of Medicare. NBER Working Paper No. 8395, July 2001.
Goodman DC, Fisher ES, Little GA, Stukel TA, Chang CH. The Uneven Landscape of Newborn Intensive Care Services: Variation in the Neonatology Workforce. Eff Clin Pract July/August 2001.
Lurie JD, Weinstein JN. Shared Decision-Making and the Orthopaedic Workforce. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2001 Apr;(385):68-75.

2000

Feenberg D, Skinner JS. Federal Medicare Transfers Across States: Winners and Losers. National Tax Journal 2000;53(3):713-31.

1975

Wennberg JE, Gittelsohn A, Shapiro N. Health Care Delivery in Maine III: Evaluating the Level of Hospital Performance. J Maine Medical Assoc 1975;66(11);298-306.
Wennberg JE, Gittelsohn A, Soule D. Health Care Delivery in Maine II: Conditions Explaining Hospital Admission. J Maine Medical Assoc 1975;66(10):255-61, 269.
Wennberg JE, Gittelsohn A. Health Care Delivery in Maine I: Patterns of Use of Common Surgical Procedures. J Maine Medical Assoc 1975;66(5):123-30, 149.

1973

Wennberg J, Gittelsohn A. Small Area Variations in Health Care Delivery: A Population-Based Health Information System can Guide Planning and Regulatory Decision-Making. Science 1973;182:1102-8.

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