Research Articles

2020

• Birkmeyer JD, Barnato A, Birkmeyer N, Bessler R, Skinner J. The Impact Of The COVID-19 Pandemic On Hospital Admissions In The United States Health Aff (Millwood). [published online ahead of print, 2020 Sep 24]. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00980.
• Fisher ES, Shortell SM, O’Malley AJ, et al. Financial Integration’s Impact On Care Delivery And Payment Reforms: A Survey Of Hospitals And Physician Practices. Health Aff (Millwood). 2020;39(8):1302-1311. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01813.
• Weng W, Van Parys J, Lipner RS, Skinner JS, Sirovich BE. Association of Regional Practice Environment Intensity and the Ability of Internists to Practice High-Value Care After Residency. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(4):e202494. Published 2020 Apr 1. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.2494.
• Kelley AS, McGarry K, Bollens-Lund E, et al. Residential Setting and the Cumulative Financial Burden of Dementia in the 7 Years Before Death. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020;68(6):1319-1324. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16414.
• Gilstrap L, Skinner JS, Gladders B, et al. Opportunities and Challenges of Claims-Based Quality Assessment: The Case of Postdischarge β-Blocker Treatment in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020;13(3):e006180. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.119.006180.
• O’Malley AJ, Moen EL, Bynum JPW, Austin AM, Skinner JS. Modeling peer effect modification by network strength: The diffusion of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in the US hospital network. Stat Med. 2020;39(8):1125-1144. doi: 10.1002/sim.8466.
• Wasp GT, Alam SS, Brooks GA, Khayal IS, Kapadia NS, Carmichael DQ, Austin AM, Barnato AE. End-of-life quality metrics among medicare decedents at minority-serving cancer centers: A retrospective study. Cancer Med. 2020 Jan 11. doi: 10.1002/cam4.2752. [Epub ahead of print]

2019

• Luan WP, Leroux TC, Olsen C, Robb D, Skinner JS, Richard P. Variation in Bariatric Surgery Costs and Complication Rates in the Military Health System. Mil Med. 2020;185(7-8):e1057-e1064. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usz454.
• Daugaard C, Neergaard MA, Vestergaard AHS, Nielsen MK, Goodman DC, Johnsen SP. Geographical variation in palliative cancer care in a tax-based healthcare system: drug reimbursement in Denmark. Eur J Public Health. 2020;30(2):223-229. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz211.
• Cutler D, Skinner JS, Stern AD, Wennberg D. Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending. Am Econ J: Econ Policy. 2019 Feb;11(1):192-221. doi: 10.1257/pol.20150421
• Ganduglia Cazaban C, Kim Y, Goodman DC, Avritscher EB, Vogel B, Franzini L. Role of Prices, Utilization, and Health in Explaining Texas Medicaid Newborn CareSpending Variation. Med Care. Med Care. 2019 Feb;57(2):131-137. doi:
  10.1097/MLR.0000000000001041
• Bynum J, Passow H, Carmichael D, Skinner J. Exnovation of Low Value Care: A Decade of Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening Practices. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Jan;67(1):29-36. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15591

 

2018

• Westert GP, Groenewoud S, Wennberg JE, Gerard C, DaSilva P, Atsma F, Goodman DC. Medical practice variation: public reporting a first necessary step to spark change. Int J Qual Health Care. 2018 Nov 1;30(9):731-735. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzy092
• Columbo JA, Kang R, Trooboff SW, Jahn KS, Martinez CJ, Moore KO, Austin AM, Morden NE, Brooks CG, Skinner JS, Goodney PP. Validating Publicly Available Crosswalks for Translating ICD-9 to ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018 Oct;11(10):e004782. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.004782
• Finkelstein A, Ji Y, Mahoney N, Skinner J. Mandatory Medicare Bundled Payment Program for Lower Extremity Joint Replacement and Discharge to Institutional Postacute Care: Interim Analysis of the First Year of a 5-Year Randomized Trial. JAMA. 2018 Sep 4;320(9):892-900. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.12346
• Austin AM, Bynum JPW, Maust DT, Gottlieb DJ, Meara E. Long-Term Implications Of A Short-Term Policy: Redacting Substance Abuse Data. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 Jun;37(6):975-979. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1524
• Skinner J, Chandra A. Health Care Employment Growth and the Future of US Cost Containment. JAMA. 2018 May 8;319(18):1861-1862. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.2078
• Moen EL, Bynum JP, Austin AM, Skinner JS, Chakraborti G, O’Malley AJ. Assessing Variation in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy GuidelineAdherence With Physician and Hospital Patient-sharing Networks. Med Care. 2018 Apr;56(4):350-357. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000883
• Briggs ADM, Alderwick H, Fisher ES. Overcoming Challenges to US Payment Reform: Could a Place-Based Approach Help? JAMA. 2018 Apr 17;319(15):1545-1546. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.1542
• Moen EL, Bynum JP, Austin AM, Skinner JS, Chakraborti G, O’Malley AJ. Assessing Variation in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy Guideline Adherence With Physician and Hospital Patient-sharing Networks. Med Care. 2018 Apr;56(4):350-357. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000883
• Panczak R, von Wyl V, Reich O, Luta X, Maessen M, Stuck AE, Berlin C, Schmidlin K, Goodman DC, Egger M, Clough-Gorr K, Zwahlen M. Death at no cost? Persons with no health insurance claims in the last year of life in Switzerland. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Mar 14;18(1):178. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-2984-2
• Alderwick H, Shortell SM, Briggs ADM, Fisher ES. Can accountable care organisations really improve the English NHS? Lessons from the United States. BMJ. 2018 Mar 2;360:k921. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k921
• Fairfield KM, Black AW, Lucas FL, Siewers AE, Cohen MC, Healey CT, Briggs AC, Han PKJ, Wennberg JE. Behavioral Risk Factors and Regional Variation in Cardiovascular Health Care and Death. Am J Prev Med. 2018 Mar;54(3):376-384. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.11.011
• Likosky DS, Van Parys J, Zhou W, Borden WB, Weinstein MC, Skinner JS. Association Between Medicare Expenditure Growth and Mortality Rates in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Comparison From 1999 Through 2014. JAMA Cardiol. 2018 Feb 1;3(2):114-122. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2017.4771
• Welch HG, Skinner JS, Schroeck FR, Zhou W, Black WC. Regional Variation of Computed Tomographic Imaging in the United States and the Risk of Nephrectomy. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Feb 1;178(2):221-227. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.7508
• Schifferdecker KE, Yount SE, Kaiser K, Adachi-Mejia A, Cella D, Carluzzo KL, Eisenstein A, Kallen MA, Greene GJ, Eton DT, Fisher ES. A method to create a standardized generic and condition-specific patient-reported outcome measure for patient care and healthcare improvement. Qual Life Res. 2018 Feb;27(2):367-378. doi: 10.1007/s11136-017-1675-5
• Kelley AS, Bollens-Lund E, Covinsky KE, Skinner JS, Morrison RS. Prospective Identification of Patients at Risk for Unwarranted Variation in Treatment. J Palliat Med. 2018 Jan;21(1):44-54. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2017.0063
• Harrison WN, Wasserman JR, Goodman DC. Regional Variation in Neonatal Intensive Care Admissions and the Relationship to Bed Supply. J Pediatr. 2018 Jan;192:73-79.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.08.028
• Goodman DC, Little GA. Data Deficiency in an Era of Expanding Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Care. JAMA Pediatr. 2018 Jan 1;172(1):11-12. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.4042

 

2017

• Lewis VA, Fisher ES, Colla CH. Explaining Sluggish Savings under Accountable Care. N Engl J Med. 2017 Nov 9;377(19):1809-1811. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1709197
• Bekelis K, Skinner J, Gottlieb D, Goodney P. De-adoption and exnovation in the use of carotid revascularization: retrospective cohort study. BMJ. 2017 Oct 26;359:j4695. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4695
• Massaro JM, Murabito JM, Au R, Carnahan E, Morgan TS, Murray C, Fisher ES, Nelson EC, Lim SS, D’Agostino RB Sr. Evidence on the Validity of a Comprehensive Health Risk Index and Implications for Ambulatory Care and Population Health Management. J Ambul Care Manage. 2017 Oct/Dec;40(4):297-304. doi: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000177
• Bynum JPW, Chang CH, Austin A, Carmichael D, Meara E. Outcomes in Older Adults with Multimorbidity Associated with Predominant Provider of Care Specialty. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Sep;65(9):1916-1923. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14882
• Hoxha I, Syrogiannouli L, Braha M, Goodman DC, da Costa BR, Jüni P. Caesarean sections and private insurance: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2017 Aug 21;7(8):e016600. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016600
• French EB, McCauley J, Aragon M, Bakx P, Chalkley M, Chen SH, Christensen BJ, Chuang H, Côté-Sergent A, De Nardi M, Fan E, Échevin D, Geoffard PY, Gastaldi-Ménager C, Gørtz M, Ibuka Y, Jones JB, Kallestrup-Lamb M, Karlsson M, Klein TJ, de Lagasnerie G, Michaud PC, O’Donnell O, Rice N, Skinner JS, van Doorslaer E, Ziebarth NR, Kelly E. End-Of-Life Medical Spending In Last Twelve Months Of Life Is Lower Than Previously Reported. Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 Jul 1;36(7):1211-1217. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0174
• Welch HG, Fisher ES. Income and Cancer Overdiagnosis – When Too Much Care Is Harmful. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jun 8;376(23):2208-2209. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1615069
• Regenbogen SE, Cain-Nielsen AH, Norton EC, Chen LM, Birkmeyer JD, Skinner JS. Costs and Consequences of Early Hospital Discharge After Major Inpatient Surgery in Older Adults. JAMA Surg. 2017 May 17;152(5):e170123. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.0123
• Skinner JS, Volpp KG. Replacing the Affordable Care Act: Lessons From Behavioral Economics. JAMA. 2017 May 16;317(19):1951-1952. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.4084
• Nyweide DJ, Bynum JPW. Relationship Between Continuity of Ambulatory Care and Risk of Emergency Department Episodes Among Older Adults. Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Apr;69(4):407-415.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.06.027
• Chang CH, O’Malley AJ, Goodman DC. Association between Temporal Changes in Primary Care Workforce and Patient Outcomes. Health Serv Res. 2017 Apr;52(2):634-655. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12513
• Colla CH, Fisher ES. Moving Forward With Accountable Care Organizations: Some Answers, More Questions. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Apr 1;177(4):527-528. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.9122
• Newhall KA, Bekelis K, Suckow BD, Gottlieb DJ, Farber AE, Goodney PP, Skinner JS. The relationship of regional hemoglobin A1c testing and amputation rate among patients with diabetes. Vascular. 2017 Apr;25(2):142-148. doi: 10.1177/1708538116650099
• Goodman DC, Goodman AA. Medical care epidemiology and unwarranted variation: the Israeli case. Isr J Health Policy Res. 2017 Feb 20;6:9. doi: 10.1186/s13584-017-0135-6
• Hoxha I, Syrogiannouli L, Luta X, Tal K, Goodman DC, da Costa BR, Jüni P. Caesarean sections and for-profit status of hospitals: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2017 Feb 17;7(2):e013670. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013670
• Frakt A, Skinner J. The puzzling popularity of back surgery in certain regions. NY Times. 2017 Feb 13. [Data and Supplemental Materials]
• Panczak R, Luta X, Maessen M, Stuck AE, Berlin C, Schmidlin K, Reich O, von Wyl V, Goodman DC, Egger M, Zwahlen M, Clough-Gorr KM. Regional Variation of Cost of Care in the Last 12 Months of Life in Switzerland: Small-area Analysis Using Insurance Claims Data. Med Care. 2017 Feb;55(2):155-163. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000634
• Lewis VA, Fraze T, Fisher ES, Shortell SM, Colla CH. ACOs Serving High Proportions Of Racial And Ethnic Minorities Lag In Quality Performance. Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 Jan 1;36(1):57-66. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0626

 

2016

• Wu FM, Shortell SM, Lewis VA, Colla CH, Fisher ES. Assessing Differences between Early and Later Adopters of Accountable Care Organizations Using Taxonomic Analysis. Health Serv Res. 2016 Dec;51(6):2318-2329. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12473
• Parker DM, Schang L, Wasserman JR, Viles WD, Bevan G, Goodman DC. Variation in Utilization and Need for Tympanostomy Tubes across England and New England. J Pediatr. 2016 Dec;179:178-184.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.08.093
• Duckett P, Kang R, Hamil J, Harvey J, Goodman DC, McHugh M. Investigating a Multistakeholder Alliance Approach to Reducing Hospital Readmissions. J Healthc Qual. 2016 Nov/Dec;38(6):396-407. doi: 10.1097/JHQ.0000000000000019
• Fraze T, Lewis VA, Rodriguez HP, Fisher ES. Housing, Transportation, And Food: How ACOs Seek To Improve Population Health By Addressing Nonmedical Needs Of Patients. Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Nov 1;35(11):2109-2115. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0727
• Munson JC, Bynum JP, Bell JE, Cantu R, McDonough C, Wang Q, Tosteson TD, Tosteson AN. Patterns of Prescription Drug Use Before and After Fragility Fracture. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Oct 1;176(10):1531-1538. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.4814
• Chang CH, Bynum JP, Onega T, Colla CH, Lurie JD, Tosteson AN. Screening Mammography Use Among Older Women Before and After the 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2016 Oct;25(10):1030-1037. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2015.5701
• Suckow BD, Newhall KA, Bekelis K, Faerber AE, Gottlieb DJ, Skinner JS, Stone DH, Goodney PP. Hemoglobin A1c Testing and Amputation Rates in Black, Hispanic, and White Medicare Patients. Ann Vasc Surg. 2016 Oct;36:208-217. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2016.03.035
• Fisher ES. Medicare’s Bundled Payment Program for Joint Replacement: Promise and Peril? JAMA. 2016 Sep 27;316(12):1262-4. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.12525
• Moen EL, Austin AM, Bynum JP, Skinner JS, O’Malley AJ. An analysis of patient-sharing physician networks and implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy. Health Serv Outcomes Res Methodol. 2016 Sep;16(3):132-153. doi: 10.1007/s10742-016-0152-x
• Yang M, Chang CH, Carmichael D, Oh ES, Bynum JP. Who Is Providing the Predominant Care for Older Adults With Dementia? J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2016 Sep 1;17(9):802-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.04.026
• Amjad H, Carmichael D, Austin AM, Chang CH, Bynum JP. Continuity of Care and Health Care Utilization in Older Adults With Dementia in Fee-for-Service Medicare. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Sep 1;176(9):1371-8. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.3553
• Batsis JA, Bynum JP. Uptake of the centers for medicare and medicaid obesity benefit: 2012-2013. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 Sep;24(9):1983-8. doi: 10.1002/oby.21578
• Luta X, Panczak R, Maessen M, Egger M, Goodman DC, Zwahlen M, Stuck AE, Clough-Gorr K. Dying among older adults in Switzerland: who dies in hospital, who dies in a nursing home? BMC Palliat Care. 2016 Sep 23;15(1):83. doi: 10.1186/s12904-016-0156-x
• Song Z, Fisher ES. The ACO Experiment in Infancy–Looking Back and Looking Forward. JAMA. 2016 Aug 16;316(7):705-6. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.9958
• Goodney PP, Newhall KA, Bekelis K, Gottlieb D, Comi R, Chaudrain S, Faerber AE, Mackenzie TA, Skinner JS. Consistency of Hemoglobin A1c Testing and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Medicare Patients With Diabetes. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Aug 10;5(8). doi: 10.1161/JAHA.116.003566
• Chang CH, Lewis VA, Meara E, Lurie JD, Bynum JP. Characteristics and Service Use of Medicare Beneficiaries Using Federally Qualified Health Centers. Med Care. 2016 Aug;54(8):804-9. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000564
• Colla CH, Lewis VA, Kao LS, O’Malley AJ, Chang CH, Fisher ES. Association Between Medicare Accountable Care Organization Implementation and Spending Among Clinically Vulnerable Beneficiaries. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Aug 1;176(8):1167-75. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.2827
• Bynum JPW, Bell JE, Cantu RV, Wang Q, McDonough CM, Carmichael D, Tosteson TD, Tosteson ANA. Second fractures among older adults in the year following hip, shoulder, or wrist fracture. Osteoporos Int. 2016 Jul;27(7):2207-2215. doi: 10.1007/s00198-016-3542-6
• Meara E, Horwitz JR, Powell W, McClelland L, Zhou W, O’Malley AJ, Morden NE. State Legal Restrictions and Prescription-Opioid Use among Disabled Adults. N Engl J Med. 2016 Jul 7;375(1):44-53. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa1514387 [Data and Supplemental Materials]
• Davis MA, Nallamothu BK, Banerjee M, Bynum JP. Identification Of Four Unique Spending Patterns Among Older Adults In The Last Year Of Life Challenges Standard Assumptions. Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Jul 1;35(7):1316-23. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1419
• Fisher ES, Lee PV. Toward Lower Costs and Better Care–Averting a Collision between Consumer- and Provider-Focused Reforms. N Engl J Med. 2016 Mar 10;374(10):903-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1514921
• Staiger DO, Marshall SM, Goodman DC, Auerbach DI, Buerhaus PI. Association Between Having a Highly Educated Spouse and Physician Practice in Rural Underserved Areas. JAMA. 2016 Mar 1;315(9):939-41. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.16972
• House SA, Goodman DC, Weinstein SJ, Chang CH, Wasserman JR, Morden NE. Prescription Use among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Northern New England: Intensity and Small Area Variation. J Pediatr. 2016 Feb;169:277-83.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.10.027
• Fisher ES, Shortell SM, Savitz LA. Implementation Science: A Potential Catalyst for Delivery System Reform. JAMA. 2016 Jan 26;315(4):339-40. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.17949
• Bekelman JE, Halpern SD, Blankart CR, Bynum JP, Cohen J, Fowler R, Kaasa S, Kwietniewski L, Melberg HO, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B, Oosterveld-Vlug M, Pring A, Schreyögg J, Ulrich CM, Verne J, Wunsch H, Emanuel EJ; International Consortium for End-of-Life Research (ICELR). Comparison of Site of Death, Health Care Utilization, and Hospital Expenditures for Patients Dying With Cancer in 7 Developed Countries. JAMA. 2016 Jan 19;315(3):272-83. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.18603
• Newhall K, Spangler E, Dzebisashvili N, Goodman DC, Goodney P. Amputation Rates for Patients with Diabetes and Peripheral Arterial Disease: The Effects of Race and Region. Ann Vasc Surg. 2016 Jan;30:292-8.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2015.07.040

 

2015

• Williams J, Garvican L, Tosteson AN, Goodman DC, Onega T. Breast cancer screening in England and the United States: a comparison of provision and utilisation. Int J Public Health. 2015 Dec;60(8):881-90. doi: 10.1007/s00038-015-0740-5
• Ralston SL, Harrison W, Wasserman J, Goodman DC. Hospital Variation in Health Care Utilization by Children With Medical Complexity. Pediatrics. 2015 Nov;136(5):860-7. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-3920
• Harrison W, Goodman D. Epidemiologic Trends in Neonatal Intensive Care, 2007-2012. JAMA Pediatr. 2015 Sep;169(9):855-62. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.1305
• Forsberg HH, Nelson EC, Reid R, Grossman D, Mastanduno MP, Weiss LT, Fisher ES, Weinstein JN. Using patient-reported outcomes in routine practice: three novel use cases and implications. J Ambul Care Manage. 2015 Apr-Jun;38(2):188-95. doi: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000052
• Bekelis K, Fisher ES, Labropoulos N, Zhou W, Skinner J. Variations in the intensive use of head CT for elderly patients with hemorrhagic stroke. Radiology. 2015 Apr;275(1):188-95. doi: 10.1148/radiol.14141362
• Colla CH, Morden NE, Sequist TD, Schpero WL, Rosenthal MB. Choosing wisely: prevalence and correlates of low-value health care services in the United States. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Feb;30(2):221-8. doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-3070-z

 

2014

• Lewis VA, Colla CH, Schpero WL, Shortell SM, Fisher ES. ACO contracting with private and public payers: a baseline comparative analysis. Am J Manag Care. 2014 Dec;20(12):1008-14.
• Fisher ES, Corrigan J. Accountable health communities: getting there from here. JAMA. 2014 Nov 26;312(20):2093-4. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.13815
• Colla CH, Goodney PP, Lewis VA, Nallamothu BK, Gottlieb DJ, Meara E. Implementation of a pilot accountable care organization payment model and the use of discretionary and nondiscretionary cardiovascular care. Circulation. 2014 Nov 25;130(22):1954-61. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.011470
• Yasaitis LC, Bubolz T, Skinner JS, Chandra A. Local population characteristics and hemoglobin A1c testing rates among diabetic medicare beneficiaries. PLoS One. 2014 Oct 31;9(10):e111119. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111119
• Brooke BS, Kraiss LW, Stone DH, Nolan B, De Martino RR, Reiber GE, Goodman DC, Cronenwett JL, Goodney PP. Improving outcomes for diabetic patients undergoing revascularization for critical limb ischemia: does the quality of outpatient diabetic care matter? Ann Vasc Surg. 2014 Oct;28(7):1719-28. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2014.05.009
• Colla CH, Fisher ES. Beyond PCMHs and accountable care organizations: payment reform that encourages customized care. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Oct;29(10):1325-7. doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-2928-4
• Morden NE, Munson JC, Colla CH, Skinner JS, Bynum JP, Zhou W, Meara E. Prescription opioid use among disabled Medicare beneficiaries: intensity, trends, and regional variation. Med Care. 2014 Sep;52(9):852-9. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000183
• Weinstein SJ, House SA, Chang CH, Wasserman JR, Goodman DC, Morden NE. Small geographic area variations in prescription drug use. Pediatrics. 2014 Sep;134(3):563-70. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-4250
• Colla CH, Schpero WL, Gottlieb DJ, McClurg AB, Albert PG, Baum N, Finison K, Franzini L, Kitching G, Knudson S, Parikh R, Symes R, Fisher ES. Tracking spending among commercially insured beneficiaries using a distributed data model. Am J Manag Care. 2014 Aug;20(8):650-7.
• Brooke BS, Stone DH, Cronenwett JL, Nolan B, DeMartino RR, MacKenzie TA, Goodman DC, Goodney PP. Early primary care provider follow-up and readmission after high-risk surgery. JAMA Surg. 2014 Aug;149(8):821-8. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.157
• Brown JR, Chang CH, Zhou W, MacKenzie TA, Malenka DJ, Goodman DC. Health system characteristics and rates of readmission after acute myocardial infarction in the United States. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 May 20;3(3):e000714. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000714
• Bekelis K, Roberts DW, Zhou W, Skinner JS. Fragmentation of care and the use of head computed tomography in patients with ischemic stroke. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014 May;7(3):430-6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000745
• Wennberg DE, Sharp SM, Bevan G, Skinner JS, Gottlieb DJ, Wennberg JE. A population health approach to reducing observational intensity bias in health risk adjustment: cross sectional analysis of insurance claims. BMJ. 2014 Apr 10;348:g2392. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g2392
• Brown JR, Sox HC, Goodman DC. Financial incentives to improve quality: skating to the puck or avoiding the penalty box? JAMA. 2014 Mar 12;311(10):1009-10. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.421
• Wennberg JE. Forty years of unwarranted variation–and still counting. Health Policy. 2014 Jan;114(1):1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.11.010
• Corallo AN, Croxford R, Goodman DC, Bryan EL, Srivastava D, Stukel TA. A systematic review of medical practice variation in OECD countries. Health Policy. 2014 Jan;114(1):5-14. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.08.002
• Grande SW, Durand MA, Fisher ES, Elwyn G. Physicians as part of the solution? Community-based participatory research as a way to get shared decision making into practice. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Jan;29(1):219-22. doi: 10.1007/s11606-013-2602-2
• Goodney PP, Travis LL, Brooke BS, DeMartino RR, Goodman DC, Fisher ES, Birkmeyer JD. Relationship between regional spending on vascular care and amputation rate. JAMA Surg. 2014 Jan;149(1):34-42. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.4277

 

2013

• Likosky DS, Zhou W, Malenka DJ, Borden WB, Nallamothu BK, Skinner JS. Growth in medicare expenditures for patients with acute myocardial infarction: a comparison of 1998 through 1999 and 2008. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Dec 9-23;173(22):2055-61. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10789
• Lewis VA, Colla CH, Carluzzo KL, Kler SE, Fisher ES. Accountable Care Organizations in the United States: market and demographic factors associated with formation. Health Serv Res. 2013 Dec;48(6 Pt 1):1840-58. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12102
• Nyweide DJ, Anthony DL, Bynum JP, Strawderman RL, Weeks WB, Casalino LP, Fisher ES. Continuity of care and the risk of preventable hospitalization in older adults. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Nov 11;173(20):1879-85. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10059
• Goodman DC, Robertson RG. Accelerating physician workforce transformation through competitive graduate medical education funding. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 Nov;32(11):1887-92. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0451
• Birkmeyer JD, Reames BN, McCulloch P, Carr AJ, Campbell WB, Wennberg JE. Understanding of regional variation in the use of surgery. Lancet. 2013 Sep 28;382(9898):1121-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61215-5
• Morden NE, Schwartz LM, Fisher ES, Woloshin S. Accountable prescribing. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jul 25;369(4):299-302. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1301805
• Goodney PP, Holman K, Henke PK, Travis LL, Dimick JB, Stukel TA, Fisher ES, Birkmeyer JD. Regional intensity of vascular care and lower extremity amputation rates. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Jun;57(6):1471-79, 1480.e1-3; discussion 1479-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.11.068
• Yasaitis LC, Bynum JP, Skinner JS. Association between physician supply, local practice norms, and outpatient visit rates. Med Care. 2013 Jun;51(6):524-31. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182928f67
• Lewis VA, McClurg AB, Smith J, Fisher ES, Bynum JP. Attributing patients to accountable care organizations: performance year approach aligns stakeholders’ interests. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 Mar;32(3):587-95. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0489
• Brooke BS, Goodney PP, Powell RJ, Fillinger MF, Travis LL, Goodman DC, Cronenwett JL, Stone DH. Early discharge does not increase readmission or mortality after high-risk vascular surgery. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Mar;57(3):734-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.07.055
• Wennberg JE, Staiger DO, Sharp SM, Gottlieb DJ, Bevan G, McPherson K, Welch HG. Observational intensity bias associated with illness adjustment: cross sectional analysis of insurance claims. BMJ. 2013 Feb 21;346:f549. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f549
• Teno JM, Gozalo PL, Bynum JP, Leland NE, Miller SC, Morden NE, Scupp T, Goodman DC, Mor V. Change in end-of-life care for Medicare beneficiaries: site of death, place of care, and health care transitions in 2000, 2005, and 2009. JAMA. 2013 Feb 6;309(5):470-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.207624
• Goodney PP, Brooke BS, Wallaert J, Travis L, Lucas FL, Goodman DC, Cronenwett JL, Stone DH. Thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair, race, and volume in thoracic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Jan;57(1):56-63, 63.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.07.036

 

2012

• Larson BK, Van Citters AD, Kreindler SA, Carluzzo KL, Gbemudu JN, Wu FM, Nelson EC, Shortell SM, Fisher ES. Insights from transformations under way at four Brookings-Dartmouth accountable care organization pilot sites. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Nov;31(11):2395-406. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.1219
• Fisher ES, Shortell SM, Kreindler SA, Van Citters AD, Larson BK. A framework for evaluating the formation, implementation, and performance of accountable care organizations. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Nov;31(11):2368-78. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0544
• Colla CH, Wennberg DE, Meara E, Skinner JS, Gottlieb D, Lewis VA, Snyder CM, Fisher ES. Spending differences associated with the Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration. JAMA. 2012 Sep 12;308(10):1015-23. doi: 10.1001/2012.jama.10812
• Kreindler SA, Larson BK, Wu FM, Carluzzo KL, Gbemudu JN, Struthers A, VAN Citters AD, Shortell SM, Nelson EC, Fisher ES. Interpretations of integration in early accountable care organizations. Milbank Q. 2012 Sep;90(3):457-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2012.00671.x
• Lewis VA, Larson BK, McClurg AB, Boswell RG, Fisher ES. The promise and peril of accountable care for vulnerable populations: a framework for overcoming obstacles. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Aug;31(8):1777-85. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0490
• Fowler FJ Jr, Gallagher PM, Bynum JP, Barry MJ, Lucas FL, Skinner JS. Decision-making process reported by Medicare patients who had coronary artery stenting or surgery for prostate cancer. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Aug;27(8):911-6. doi: 10.1007/s11606-012-2009-5
• Bubolz T, Emerson C, Skinner J. State spending on dual eligibles under age 65 shows variations, evidence of cost shifting from Medicaid to Medicare. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 May;31(5):939-47. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0921
• Colla CH, Morden NE, Skinner JS, Hoverman JR, Meara E. Impact of payment reform on chemotherapy at the end of life. J Oncol Pract. 2012 May;8(3 Suppl):e6s-e13s. doi: 10.1200/JOP.2012.000539
• Miesfeldt S, Murray K, Lucas L, Chang CH, Goodman D, Morden NE. Association of age, gender, and race with intensity of end-of-life care for Medicare beneficiaries with cancer. J Palliat Med. 2012 May;15(5):548-54. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0310
• Goodman DC, Challener GJ. Tonsillectomy: a procedure in search of evidence. J Pediatr. 2012 May;160(5):716-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.01.033
• Morden NE, Chang CH, Jacobson JO, Berke EM, Bynum JP, Murray KM, Goodman DC. End-of-life care for Medicare beneficiaries with cancer is highly intensive overall and varies widely. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Apr;31(4):786-96. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0650
• Stukel TA, Fisher ES, Alter DA, Guttmann A, Ko DT, Fung K, Wodchis WP, Baxter NN, Earle CC, Lee DS. Association of hospital spending intensity with mortality and readmission rates in Ontario hospitals. JAMA. 2012 Mar 14;307(10):1037-45. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.265
• Goodney PP, Fisher ES, Cambria RP. Roles for specialty societies and vascular surgeons in accountable care organizations. J Vasc Surg. 2012 Mar;55(3):875-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.10.116
• 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 Feb 10;30(5):513-8. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.36.8621
• Donohue JM, Morden NE, Gellad WF, Bynum JP, Zhou W, Hanlon JT, Skinner J. Sources of regional variation in Medicare Part D drug spending. N Engl J Med. 2012 Feb 9;366(6):530-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa1104816
• Skinner JS, Weinstein JN, Fisher ES. Withholds to slow Medicare spending: a better deal than cuts. JAMA. 2012 Jan 4;307(1):43-4. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1946
• 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. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182402c17
• 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;5(1):94-102. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.962233
• 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. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.06.019

 

2011

• Fisher ES, McClellan MB, Safran DG. Building the path to accountable care. N Engl J Med. 2011 Dec 29;365(26):2445-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1112442
• 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. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.033944
• 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 Aff (Millwood). 2011 Nov;30(11):2107-15. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0783
• 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 Aff (Millwood). 2011 Aug;30(8):1569-74. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0210
• Goodman D. End-of-life cancer care in Ontario and the United States: quality by accident or quality by design? J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011 Jun 8;103(11):840-1. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djr161
• Chang CH, Stukel TA, Flood AB, Goodman DC. Primary care physician workforce and Medicare beneficiaries’ health outcomes. JAMA. 2011 May 25;305(20):2096-104. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.665
• 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 Aff (Millwood). 2011 May;30(5):975-84. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.1102
• Hassmiller SB, Goodman DC. Interprofessional care and the future of nursing. J Interprof Care. 2011 May;25(3):163-4. doi: 10.3109/01460862.2011.557903
• Chandra A, Jena AB, Skinner JS. The pragmatist’s guide to comparative effectiveness research. J Econ Perspect. 2011 Spring;25(2):27-46. doi: 10.1257/jep.25.2.27
• Wennberg JE. Time to tackle unwarranted variations in practice. BMJ. 2011 Mar 17;342:d1513. doi: 10.1136/bmj.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 Mar 16;305(11):1113-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.307
• 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. doi: 10.1001/archoto.2011.17
• Nyweide DJ, Anthony DL, Chang CH, Goodman D. Seniors’ perceptions of health care not closely associated with physician supply. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 Feb;30(2):219-27. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0602
• 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 19;93(2):121-31. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.I.01505
• 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. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.958264
• Goodman DC. Preventing ruin, or the ruin of United States health care? A requiem for rationing. J Leg Med. 2011 Jan;32(1):61-76. doi: 10.1080/01947648.2011.550829
• Shipman SA, Lan J, Chang CH, Goodman DC. Geographic maldistribution of primary care for children. Pediatrics. 2011 Jan;127(1):19-27. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-0150

 

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. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181f37fcf
• 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. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-315
• Fisher ES, Shortell SM. Accountable care organizations: accountable for what, to whom, and how. JAMA. 2010 Oct 20;304(15):1715-6. doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.1513
• Shortell SM, Casalino LP, Fisher ES. How the center for Medicare and Medicaid innovation should test accountable care organizations. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Jul;29(7):1293-8. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0453
• Song Y, Skinner J, Bynum J, Sutherland J, Wennberg JE, Fisher ES. Regional variations in diagnostic practices. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jul 1;363(1):45-53. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa0910881
• 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 (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Jun 15;35(14):1329-38. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181e0f04d
• Onega T, Duell EJ, Shi X, Demidenko E, Goodman DC. Race versus place of service in mortality among medicare beneficiaries with cancer. Cancer. 2010 Jun 1;116(11):2698-706. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25097
• Guttmann A, 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 Jun;125(6):1119-26. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-2821
• Venkatraman G, Likosky DS, Zhou W, Finlayson SR, Goodman DC. Trends in endoscopic sinus surgery rates in the Medicare population. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 May;136(5):426-30. doi: 10.1001/archoto.2010.58
• Weeks WB, Gottlieb DJ, Nyweide DE, Sutherland JM, Bynum J, Casalino LP, Gillies RR, Shortell SM, Fisher ES. Higher health care quality and bigger savings found at large multispecialty medical groups. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 May;29(5):991-7. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0388
• McClellan M, McKethan AN, Lewis JL, Roski J, Fisher ES. A national strategy to put accountable care into practice. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 May;29(5):982-90. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0194
• Bynum J, Song Y, Fisher E. 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. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02761.x
• Gottlieb DJ, Zhou W, Song Y, Andrews KG, Skinner JS, Sutherland JM. Prices don’t drive regional Medicare spending variations. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Mar-Apr;29(3):537-43. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0609
• Skinner J, Staiger D, Fisher ES. Looking back, moving forward. N Engl J Med. 2010 Feb 18;362(7):569-74; discussion 574. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1000448
• 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 Jan;3(1):15-24. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.864736

 

2009

• Rittenhouse DR, Shortell SM, Fisher ES. Primary care and accountable care–two essential elements of delivery-system reform. N Engl J Med. 2009 Dec 10;361(24):2301-3. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp0909327
• 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 Dec 9;302(22):2444-50. doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1810
• 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 Oct 8;361(15):1421-3. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp0907810
• 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. doi: 10.1177/1077558709335536
• Sutherland JM, Fisher ES, Skinner JS. Getting past denial–the high cost of health care in the United States. N Engl J Med. 2009 Sep 24;361(13):1227-30. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp0907172
• Goodman DC. Unwarranted variation in pediatric medical care. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2009 Aug;56(4):745-55. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2009.05.007
• Yasaitis L, Fisher ES, Skinner JS, Chandra A. Hospital quality and intensity of spending: is there an association? Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Jul-Aug;28(4):w566-72. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.4.w566
• Fisher ES, Berwick DM, Davis K. Achieving health care reform–how physicians can help. N Engl J Med. 2009 Jun 11;360(24):2495-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp0903923
• 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. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00913
• 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. doi: 10.1007/s11606-009-0952-6
• 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 Aff (Millwood). 2009 May-Jun;28(3):864-73. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.3.864
• Fisher ES, McClellan MB, Bertko J, Lieberman SM, Lee JJ, Lewis JL, Skinner JS. Fostering accountable health care: moving forward in medicare. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Mar-Apr;28(2):w219-31. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.2.w219
• Fisher ES, Bynum JP, Skinner JS. Slowing the growth of health care costs–lessons from regional variation. N Engl J Med. 2009 Feb 26;360(9):849-52. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp0809794
• Onega T, Duell EJ, Shi X, Demidenko E, Goodman D. 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. doi: 10.1007/s11606-008-0863-y
• 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 Feb;12(2):128-32. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2008.0239
• Wennberg JE, Bronner K, Skinner JS, Fisher ES, Goodman DC. Inpatient care intensity and patients’ ratings of their hospital experiences. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Jan-Feb;28(1):103-12. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.1.103
• Skinner J, Chandra A, Goodman D, Fisher ES. The elusive connection between health care spending and quality. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Jan-Feb;28(1):w119-23. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.1.w119

 

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 (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Dec 1;33(25):2789-800. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31818ed8f4
• 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 Fall;24(4):390-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00186.x
• Fisher ES. Building a medical neighborhood for the medical home. N Engl J Med. 2008 Sep 18;359(12):1202-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp0806233
• Goodman DC. Improving accountability for the public investment in health profession education: it’s time to try health workforce planning. JAMA. 2008 Sep 10;300(10):1205-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.300.10.1205
• 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. doi: 10.1370/afm.885
• 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. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.08.001
• Sirovich B, Gallagher PM, Wennberg DE, Fisher ES. Discretionary decision making by primary care physicians and the cost of U.S. Health care. Health Aff (Millwood). 2008 May-Jun;27(3):813-23. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.813
• 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 Aff (Millwood). 2008 May-Jun;27(3):749-58. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.749
• 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 May;90(5):1143-59. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.G.01305
• Goodman DC, Fisher ES. Physician workforce crisis? Wrong diagnosis, wrong prescription. N Engl J Med. 2008 Apr 17;358(16):1658-61. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp0800319
• Bernal-Delgado E, Fisher ES. Abstracts in high profile journals often fail to report harm. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2008 Mar 27;8:14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-8-14
• Baker LC, Fisher ES, Wennberg JE. Variations in hospital resource use for Medicare and privately insured populations in California. Health Aff (Millwood). 2008 Mar-Apr;27(2):w123-34. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.2.w123
• 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 Feb 21;358(8):794-810. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0707136
• Onega T, Duell EJ, Shi X, Wang D, Demidenko E, Goodman D. Geographic access to cancer care in the U.S. Cancer. 2008 Feb 15;112(4):909-18. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23229
• 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 (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15;33(4):428-35. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31816469de
• Goodney PP, Lucas FL, Travis LL, 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. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2007.43
• Goodman DC, Grumbach K. Does having more physicians lead to better health system performance? JAMA. 2008 Jan 23;299(3):335-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.299.3.335
• 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 Jan 9;299(2):202-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.2007.50
• 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 1;148(1):1-10. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-148-1-200801010-0000

 

2007

• 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 Aff (Millwood). 2007 Nov-Dec;26(6):1575-85. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.6.1575
• 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 Aff (Millwood). 2007 Nov-Dec;26(6):1564-74. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.6.1564
• 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. doi: 10.1007/s00198-007-0429-6
• 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 May 31;356(22):2257-70. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa070302
• Baicker K, Fisher ES, Chandra A. Malpractice liability costs and the practice of medicine in the Medicare program. Health Aff (Millwood). 2007 May-Jun;26(3):841-52. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.3.841
• Weinstein JN, Clay K, Morgan TS. Informed patient choice: patient-centered valuing of surgical risks and benefits. Health Aff (Millwood). 2007 May-Jun;26(3):726-30. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.3.726
• 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 Aff (Millwood). 2007 May-Jun;26(3):716-25. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.3.716
• 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 US Medicare Population. Med Care. 2007 May;45(5):386-93. doi: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000255248.79308.41
• 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. doi: 10.1007/s10995-006-0151-6
• Bynum JP, Bernal-Delgado E, Gottlieb D, Fisher E. Assigning ambulatory patients and their physicians to hospitals: a method for obtaining population-based provider performance measurements. Health Serv Res. 2007 Feb;42(1 Pt 1):45-62. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00633.x
• 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 Jan 17;297(3):278-85. doi: 10.1001/jama.297.3.278
• 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 Aff (Millwood). 2007 Jan-Feb;26(1):162-8. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.1.162
• Fisher ES, Staiger DO, Bynum JP, Gottlieb DJ. Creating accountable care organizations: the extended hospital medical staff. Health Aff (Millwood). 2007 Jan-Feb;26(1):w44-57. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.1.w44

 

2006

• 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 Nov 22;296(20):2451-9. doi: 10.1001/jama.296.20.2451
• 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 Nov 22;296(20):2441-50. doi: 10.1001/jama.296.20.2441
• Fisher ES. Paying for performance–risks and recommendations. N Engl J Med. 2006 Nov 2;355(18):1845-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp068221
• Weinstein JN, Lurie JD, Olson PR, Bronner KK, Fisher ES. United States’ trends and regional variations in lumbar spine surgery: 1992-2003. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Nov 1;31(23):2707-14. doi: 10.1097/01.brs.0000248132.15231.fe
• 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. doi: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000215888.20004.5e
• 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 May 2;144(9):641-9. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-9-200605020-00007
• Chan L, Hart LG, Goodman DC. Geographic access to health care for rural Medicare beneficiaries. J Rural Health. 2006 Spring;22(2):140-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2006.00022.x
• Goodman DC, Stukel TA, Chang CH, Wennberg JE. End-of-life care at academic medical centers: implications for future workforce requirements. Health Aff (Millwood). 2006 Mar-Apr;25(2):521-31. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.2.521
• Skinner JS, Staiger DO, Fisher ES. Is technological change in medicine always worth it? The case of acute myocardial infarction. Health Aff (Millwood). 2006 Mar-Apr;25(2):w34-47. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.w34

 

2005

• 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. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53563.x
• Thompson LA, Goodman DC, Chang CH, Stukel TA. Regional variation in rates of low birth weight. Pediatrics. 2005 Nov;116(5):1114-21. doi: 10.1542/peds.2004-1627
• Skinner J, Chandra A, Staiger D, Lee J, McClellan M. Mortality after acute myocardial infarction in hospitals that disproportionately treat black patients. Circulation. 2005 Oct 25;112(17):2634-41. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.543231
• Sirovich BE, Gottlieb DJ, Welch HG, Fisher ES. Variation in the tendency of primary care physicians to intervene. Arch Intern Med. 2005 Oct 24;165(19):2252-6. doi: 10.1001/archinte.165.19.2252
• 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 Aug 18;353(7):683-91. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa050672
• Cull WL, Chang CH, Goodman DC. Where do graduating pediatric residents seek practice positions? Ambul Pediatr. 2005 Jul-Aug;5(4):228-34. doi: 10.1367/A04-164R1.1
• Wennberg JE, Fisher ES, Baker L, Sharp SM, Bronner KK. Evaluating the efficiency of california providers in caring for patients with chronic illnesses. Health Aff (Millwood). 2005 Jul-Dec;Suppl Web Exclusives:W5-526-43. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.w5.526 [Press release]  [Supplemental tables]
• Malenka DJ, Kaplan AV, Sharp SM, Wennberg JE. Postmarketing surveillance of medical devices using Medicare claims. Health Aff (Millwood). 2005 Jul-Aug;24(4):928-37. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.24.4.928
• Goodman DC; Committee on Pediatric Workforce.. The pediatrician workforce: current status and future prospects. Pediatrics. 2005 Jul;116(1):e156-73. doi: 10.1542/peds.2005-0874
• Goodman DC. The physician workforce crisis: where is the evidence? Health Aff (Millwood). 2005 Jan-Jun;Suppl Web Exclusives:W5-108-W5-110. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.w5.108
• Baicker K, Chandra A, Skinner JS. Geographic variation in health care and the problem of measuring racial disparities. Perspect Biol Med. 2005 Winter;48(1 Suppl):S42-53. doi: 10.1353/pbm.2005.0034

 

2004

• 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 Mar 13;328(7440):607. doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.607 [Supplemental tables]
• Wennberg JE. Practice variations and health care reform: connecting the dots. Health Aff (Millwood). 2004;Suppl Variation:VAR140-4. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.var.140
• Fisher ES, Wennberg DE, Stukel TA, Gottlieb DJ. Variations in the longitudinal efficiency of academic medical centers. Health Aff (Millwood). 2004;Suppl Variation:VAR19-32. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.var.19
• Baicker K, Chandra A, Skinner JS, Wennberg JE. Who you are and where you live: how race and geography affect the treatment of medicare beneficiaries. Health Aff (Millwood). 2004;Suppl Variation:VAR33-44. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.var.33
• 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 Aff (Millwood). 2004;Suppl Variation:VAR5-18. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.var.5 [Supplemental tables]
• 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 Aff (Millwood). 2004;Suppl Variation:VAR81-9. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.var.81
• Goodman DC. Twenty-year trends in regional variations in the U.S. physician workforce. Health Aff (Millwood). 2004;Suppl Variation:VAR90-7. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.var.90

 

2003

• Wennberg DE, Wennberg JE. Addressing variations: is there hope for the future? Health Aff (Millwood). 2003 Jul-Dec;Suppl Web Exclusives:W3-614-7. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.w3.614
• O’Connor AM, Mulley AG Jr, Wennberg JE. Standard consultations are not enough to ensure decision quality regarding preference-sensitive options. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2003 Apr 16;95(8):570-1. doi: 10.1093/jnci/95.8.570
• 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 Feb 18;138(4):288-98. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-138-4-200302180-0000
• 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 Feb 18;138(4):273-87. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-138-4-200302180-00006
• Goodman DC, Mick SS, Bott D, Stukel T, 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(1 Pt 1):287-309. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.00116
• Fisher ES, Wennberg JE. Health care quality, geographic variations, and the challenge of supply-sensitive care. Perspect Biol Med. 2003 Winter;46(1):69-79. doi: 10.1353/pbm.2003.0004

 

2002

• Wennberg JE. Unwarranted variations in healthcare delivery: implications for academic medical centres. BMJ. 2002 Oct 26;325(7370):961-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7370.961
• 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 Aff (Millwood). 2002 Sep-Oct;21(5):234-41. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.21.5.234
• Wennberg JE, Fisher ES, Skinner JS. Geography and the debate over Medicare reform. Health Aff (Millwood). 2002 Jul-Dec;Suppl Web Exclusives:W96-114. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.w2.96

 

2001

• Fuchs V, McLellan M, Skinner JS. Area Differences in Utilization of Medical Care and Mortality Among U.S. Elderly. NBER Working Paper No. 8628, Dec 2001. doi: 10.3386/w8628
• 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. 2001 Jul-Aug;4(4):143-9.
• Skinner JS, Fisher ES, Wennberg JE. The Efficiency of Medicare. NBER Working Paper No. 8395, Jul 2001. doi: 10.3386/w8395
• 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 Sep;53(3):713-32. doi: 10.17310/ntj.2000.3S.05

 

1999

• Fisher ES, Welch HG. Avoiding the unintended consequences of growth in medical care: how might more be worse? JAMA. 1999 Feb 3;281(5):446-53. doi: 10.1001/jama.281.5.446

 

1998

• Skinner J, Wennberg JE. How Much is Enough? Efficiency and Medicare Spending in the Last Six Months of Life. NBER Working Paper No. 6513, Apr 1998. doi: 10.3386/w6513

 

1984

• Wennberg JE. Dealing with medical practice variations: a proposal for action. Health Aff (Millwood). 1984 Summer;3(2):6-32. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.3.2.6

 

1977

• Wennberg JE, Fowler FJ Jr. A test of consumer contribution to small area variations in health care delivery. J Maine Med Assoc. 1977 Aug;68(8):275-9.

 

1975

• Wennberg JE, Gittelsohn A, Shapiro N. Health care delivery in Maine, III: evaluating the level of hospital performance. J Maine Med Assoc. 1975 Nov;66(11):298-306.
• Wennberg JE, Gittelsohn A, Soule D. Health care delivery in Maine II: conditions explaining hospital admission. J Maine Med Assoc. 1975 Oct;66(10):255-61, 269.
• Wennberg JE, Gittelsohn A. Health care delivery in Maine I: patterns of use of common surgical procedures. J Maine Med Assoc. 1975 May;66(5):123-30, 149.

 

1973

• Wennberg J, Gittelsohn. Small area variations in health care delivery. Science. 1973 Dec 14;182(4117):1102-8. doi: 10.1126/science.182.4117.1102