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Authors: Farley JF, Harley CR, Devine JW
Title: A comparison of comorbidity measurements to predict healthcare expenditures
Publication: Am J Manag Care 12(2):110-9
Date: 2006
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Authors: Farquhar CM, Steiner CA
Title: Hysterectomy rates in the United States 1990-1997
Publication: Ob Gyn 99(2):229-34
Date: 2002
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Authors: Finks JF, Wei Y, Birkmeyer JD
Title:The rise and fall of antireflux surgery in the United States
Publication: Surg Endosc
Date: Sept. 2006

Authors: Finlayson EV, PP Goodney, JD Birkmeyer
Title: Hospital volume and operative mortality in cancer surgery: a national study
Publication: Arch Surg 138:721-5; discussion, 726
Date: 2003
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Authors: Finlayson SR, Laycock WS, Birkmeyer JD
Title: National trends in utilization and outcomes of antireflux surgery
Publication: Surg Endosc 17(6):864-7
Date: 2003
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Authors: Fiscella K, Franks P, Meldrum S, Barnett S
Title: Racial disparity in surgical complications in New York State
Publication: Ann Surg 242(2):151-5
Date: 2005
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Authors: Fischer TK, Viboud C, Parashar U, et al.
Title: Hospitalizations and deaths from diarrhea and rotavirus among children <5 years of age in the United States, 1993-2003
Publication: J Infect Dis 195(8):1117-25
Date: 2007

Authors: Fleishman JA, Hellinger FH
Title: Trends in HIV-related inpatient admissions from 1993 to 1997: a seven-state study
Publication: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 28:73-80
Date: 2001
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Authors: Fleishman JA, Hellinger FH
Title: Recent trends in HIV-related inpatient admissions 1996-2000: a 7-state study.
Publication: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 34:102-10
Date: 2003
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Authors: Flum DR, Koepsell T
Title: The clinical and economic correlates of misdiagnosed appendicitis: nationwide analysis
Publication: Arch Surg 137(7):799-804; discussion, 804
Date: 2002
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Authors: Flum DR, T Koepsell, P Heagerty, CA Pellegrini
Title: The nationwide frequency of major adverse outcomes in antireflux surgery and the role of surgeon experience, 1992-1997
Publication: J Am Coll Surg 195:611-8
Date: 2002

Authors: Ford AA, Bateman BT, Simpson LL
Title: Vaginal birth after cesarean delivery in twin gestations: A large, nationwide sample of deliveries
Publication: Am J Obstet Gynecol 195(4):1138-42
Date: Oct. 2006

Authors: Ford AA, Bateman BT, Simpson LL, Ratan RB
Title: Nationwide data confirms absence of 'July phenomenon' in obstetrics: it's safe to deliver in July
Publication: J Perinatol 27(2):73-6. HCUP (04/27/2007) A1-2 Deliverable #142.03: Appendix 1
Date: Feb. 2007

Authors: Foxman B, Klemstine KL, Brown PD
Title: Acute pyelonephritis in U.S. hospitals in 1997. Hospitalization and in-hospital mortality
Publication: Ann Epidemiol 13(2):144-50
Date: 2003
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Authors: Franks P, Meldrum S, Fiscella K
Title: Discharges against medical advice: are race/ethnicity predictors?
Publication: J Gen Intern Med 21(9):955-60
Date: Sept. 2006

Authors: French DD, Campbell R, Spehar A, Angaran DM
Title: Benzodiazepines and injury: a risk adjusted model
Publication: Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 14(1):17-24
Date: 2005
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Authors: French DD, Campbell R, Spehar A, et al.
Title: National Veterans Health Administration hospitalizations for syncope compared to acute myocardial infarction, fracture, or pneumonia in community-dwelling elders: outpatient medication and comorbidity profiles
Publication: J Clin Pharmacol 46(6):613-19
Date: June 2006

Authors: Friedman B, Steiner CA
Title: Does Managed Care Affect the Supply and Use of Intensive Care?
Publication: Inquiry 36(1):68-77
Date: 1999
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Authors: Friedman B, Steiner CA, Scott J
Title: Rationing of an Expensive Technology in the U.S.: Hospital Intensive Care Units in Two States
Publication: In: Chinitz D and Cohen J, editors. Governments and Health Care Systems. London: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.
Date: 1998
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Authors: Friedman B, Jee J, Steiner C, et al.
Title: Tracking the State Children's Health Insurance Program with Hospital Data: National Baselines, State Variations, and Some Cautions
Publication: Med Care Res Rev 56(4):440-55
Date: 1999
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Authors: Friedman, B, Devers, KJ, & Fox, S
Title: The use of expensive health technologies in the era of managed care: the remarkable case of neonatal intensive care
Publication: J Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(3):441-6
Date: 2002
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Authors: Friedman, B, De La Mare, J, Andrews, R, et al.
Title: Practical options for estimating cost of hospital inpatient stays
Publication: J Health Care Finance 29(1):1-13
Date: 2002
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Authors: Friedman B and J Basu
Title: The rate and cost of hospital readmissions for preventable conditions
Publication: Medical Care Res and Review 61(2):225-40
Date: 2004

Authors: Friedman B, N Sood, K Engstrom, and D McKenzie
Title: New evidence on hospital profitability by payer group and the effects of payer generosity
Publication: Int J Health Care Finance Econ 4(3):231-46
Date: 2004

Authors: Friedman BS, Wong HS, Steiner CA
Title: Renewed growth in hospital inpatient cost since 1998: variation across metropolitan areas and leading clinical conditions
Publication: Am J Manag Care 12(3):157-66
Date: 2006
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Authors: Friedman B, Jiang HJ, Elixhauser A, Segal A
Title: Hospital inpatient costs for adults with multiple chronic conditions
Publication: Medical Care Res and Review 63(3):327-46
Date: June 2006

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Authors: Galano GJ, Vitale MA, Kessler MW, et al.
Title: The most frequent traumatic orthopaedic injuries from a national pediatric inpatient population
Publication: J Pediatr Orthop 25(1):39-44
Date: 2005
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Authors: Gandhi, SK, Arguelles, L, & Boyer, JG
Title: Economic impact of neutropenia and febrile neutropenia in breast cancer
Publication: Pharmacotherapy 21(6):684-90
Date: 2001
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Authors: Ganesh SP, Pietrobon R, Cecilio WA, et al.
Title: The impact of diabetes on patient outcomes after ankle fracture
Publication: J Bone Joint Surg Am 87(8):1712-8
Date: 2005
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Authors: Gehlbach SH, Burge RT, Puleo E, Klar J
Title: Hospital care of osteoporosis-related vertebral fractures
Publication: Osteoporosis International 14(1):53-60
Date: 2003
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Authors: Gehlbach SH, Avrunin JS, Puleo E
Title: Trends in hospital care for hip fractures
Publication: Osteoporos Int 18(5):585-91. HCUP (07/27/2007) A1-2 Deliverable #142.04: Appendix 1
Date: 2007

Authors: General Accounting Office
Title: Hospital Emergency Departments: Crowded Conditions Vary among Hospitals and Communities
Publication Number: GAO-03-460
Date: March 14, 2003
Full Report: Available online at http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-460

Author: General Accounting Office
Title: Special Hospitals: Geographic Location, Services Provided, and Financial Performance
Publication Number: GAO-04-167
Date: October 2003

Authors: Grijalva CG, Nuorti JP, Arbogast PG, et al
Title: Decline in pneumonia admissions after routine childhood immunisation with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the USA: a time-series analysis
Publication: Lancet 369(9568):1179-86
Date: 2007

Authors: Glance LG, Dick AW, Osler TM, Mukamel DB
Title: Does date stamping ICD-9-CM codes increase the value of clinical information in administrative data?
Publication: Health Serv Res 41(1):231-51
Date: 2006
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Authors: Goddard JC, Reiter ER
Title: Inpatient management of epistaxis: outcomes and cost
Publication: Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 132(5):707-12
Date: 2005
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Authors: Goldfarb MG, Bazzoli GJ, Coffey RM
Title: Trauma Systems and the Costs of Trauma Care
Publication: Health Serv Res 31(1):71-95
Date: 1996
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Authors: Goldie SJ, Kuntz KM, Weinstein MC, et al.
Title: The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening for anal squamous intraepithelial lesions in homosexual and bisexual HIV-positive men
Publication: JAMA 281(19):1822-29
Date: 1999
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Authors: Grant WC, Jhaveri RR, McHutchison JG, et al.
Title: Trends in health care resource use for hepatitis C virus infection in the United States
Publication: Hepatology 42:1406-13
Date: 2005
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Authors: Gray DT, Deyo RA, Kreuter W, et al.
Title: Population-based trends in volumes and rates of ambulatory lumbar spine surgery
Publication: Spine 31(17):1957-63; discussion 1964
Date: August 2006

Authors: Gresenz, CR, Rogowski, J, & Escarce, JJ
Title: Updated variable-radius measures of hospital competition
Publication: Health Serv Res 39(2):417-30
Date: 2004
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Authors: Grobman WA, Feinglass J, Murthy S
Title: Are the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality obstetric trauma indicators valid measures of hospital safety?
Publication: Am J Obstet Gynecol 195(3):868-74
Date: Sept. 2006

Authors: Gross CP, Steiner CA, Bass EB, et al.
Title: Relation between prepublication release of clinical trial results and the practice of carotid endarterectomy
Publication: JAMA 284(22):2886-93
Date: 2000
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Authors: Guller U, Hervey S, Muhlbaier LH, et al.
Title: Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy
Publication: Ann Surgery 239(1):43-52
Date: 2004
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Authors: Guller U, N Jain, LH Curtis, et al.
Title: Insurance status and race represent independent predictors of undergoing laparoscopic surgery for appendicitis: Secondary data analysis of 145,546 patients
Publication: J Am College of Surgeons 199(4):567-75
Date: 2004

Authors: Guller U, N Jain, ED Peterson, et al.
Title: Laparoscopic appendectomy in the elderly
Publication: Surgery 135(5):479-88
Date: 2004

Authors: Guthery SL, C Hutchings, JM Dean, and C Hoff
Title: National estimates of hospital utilization by children with gastrointestinal disorders: Analysis of the 1997 KIDS' inpatient database
Publication: J Pediatrics 144(5):589-94
Date: 2004

Authors: Gupta RS, Bewtra M, Prosser LA, Finkelstein JA
Title: Predictors of hospital charges for children admitted with asthma
Publication: Ambul Pediatr 6(1):15-20
Date: 2006
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Authors: Hagendorf BA, Liao JG, Price MR, Burd RS
Title: Evaluation of race and insurance status as predictors of undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy in children
Publication: Ann Surg 245(1):118-25
Date: 2007

Authors: Hannan EL, Farrell LS
Title: Predicting trauma inpatient mortality in an administrative database: an investigation of survival risk ratios using New York data
Publication: J Trauma 62(4):964-68
Date: 2007

Authors: Hansel JJ, B Merriman, EF Haponik, and GB Diette
Title: Hospitalizations for tuberculosis in the united states in 2000: Predictors of in-hospital mortality
Publication: Chest 126(4):1079-86
Date: 2004

Authors: Harris DR, Andrews R, Elixhauser A
Title: Racial and gender differences in use of procedures for black and white hospitalized adults
Publication: Ethn Dis 7(2):91-105
Date: 1997
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Authors: Harsha WJ, Perkins JA, Lewis CW, Manning SC
Title: Pediatric admissions and procedures for lymphatic malformations in the United States: 1997 and 2000
Publication: Lymphat Res Biol 3(2):58-65
Date: 2005
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Authors: Harsha WJ, Perkins JA, Lewis CW, Manning SC
Title: Head and neck endocrine surgery in children: 1997 and 2000
Publication: Arch Otolaryngol Head Surg 131(7):564-70
Date: 2005
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Author: Hellinger FJ
Title: HIV patients in the HCUP database: A study of hospital utilization and costs
Publication: Inquiry 41(1):95-105
Date: 2004

Authors: Hellinger FJ, Fleishman JA
Title: Estimating the national cost of treating people with HIV disease: patient, payer, and provider data
Publication: J Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 24(2):182-8
Date: 2000
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Authors: Hellinger FJ, Wong HS
Title: Selection bias in HMOs: a review of the evidence
Publication: Medical Care Research and Review 57(4):405-39
Date: 2000
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Authors: Hellinger, FJ, & Fleishman, JA
Title: Location, race, and hospital care for AIDS patients
Publication: Inquiry 38(3):319-30
Date: 2001
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Authors: Henke PK, Blackburn SA, Wainess RW, et al.
Title: Osteomyelitis of the food and toe in adults is a surgical disease: conservative management worsens lower extremity salvage
Publication: Ann Surg 241(6):885-92; discussion 892-4
Date: 2005
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Authors: Henke P, Froehlich J, Upchurch G Jr, Wakefield T
Title: The significant negative impact of in-hospital venous thromboembolism after cardiovascular procedures
Publication: Ann Vasc Surg
Date: June 2007

Authors: Hervey SL, HR Purves, U Guller, et al.
Title: Provider volume of total knee arthroplasties and patient outcomes in the HCUP-Nationwide Inpatient Sample
Publication: J Bone Joint Surg Am 85-A:1775-83
Date: 2003
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Authors: Hewitt M and Petitti D.
Title: Interpreting the Volume-Outcome Relationship in the Context of Cancer Care
Publication: National Academy Press: Washington, DC
Date: 2001
Full Report: Access full text online.

Authors: Heyworth BE, GJ Galano, MA Vitale, and MG Vitale
Title: Management of closed femoral shaft fractures in children, ages 6 to 10: National practice patterns and emerging trends
Publication: J Pediatric Orthopedics 24(5):455-9
Date: 2004

Authors: Ho V, Hamilton BH, Roos LL
Title: Multiple approaches to assessing the effects of delays for hip fracture patients in the United States and Canada
Publication: Health Serv Res 34(7):1499-518
Date: 2000
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Authors: Hoerger TJ, Downs KE, Lakshmanan MC, et al.
Title: Healthcare use among U.S. women aged 45 and older: total costs and costs for selected postmenopausal health risks
Publication: J Womens Health Gend Based Med 8(8):1077-89
Date: 1999
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Authors: Hollenbeck BK, Taub DA, Dunn RL, Wei JT
Title: Quality of care: partial cystectomy for bladder cancer—a case of inappropriate use?
Publication: J Urol 174(3):1050-4
Date: 2005
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Authors: Hollenbeck BK, Taub DA, Miller DC, et al.
Title: National utilization trends of partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma: a case of underutilization?
Publication: Urology 67(2):254-9
Date: 2006
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Authors: Hollenbeck BK, Taub DA, Miller DC, et al.
Title: Use of nephrectomy at select medical centers—a case of follow the crowd?
Publication: J Urol 175(2):670-4
Date: 2006
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Authors: Hollenbeck BK, Dunn RL, Miller DC, et al.
Title: Volume-based referral for cancer surgery: informing the debate
Publication: J Clin Oncol 25(1):91-6
Date: 2007

Authors: Hollenbeck BK, Daignault S, Dunn RL, et al.
Title: Getting under the hood of the volume-outcome relationship for radical cystectomy
Publication: J Urol 177(6):2095-9;discussion 2099
Date: 2007

Authors: Hollingsworth JM, Hollenbeck BK, Englesbe MJ, DeMonner S, Krein SL
Title: Operative mortality after renal transplantation—does surgeon type matter?
Publication: J Urol 177(6):2255-9;discussion 2259
Date: 2007

Authors: Holman RC, Belay ED, Curns AT, et al.
Title: Kawasaki Syndrome hospitalizations among children in the United States, 1988-1997
Publication: Pediatrics 111(2):448
Date: 2003
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Authors: Hoh BL, JD Rabinov, JC Pryor, et al.
Title: In-hospital morbidity and mortality after endovascular treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms in the United States, 1996-2000: effect of hospital and physician volume
Publication: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 24:1409-20
Date: 2003
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Authors: Howard TS, Hoffman LH, Stang PE, et al.
Title: Respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia in the hospital setting: length of stay, charges, and mortality
Publication: J Pediatrics 137(2):227-32
Date: 2000
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Authors: Huber TS, Wang JG, Derrow AE, et al.
Title: Experience in the United States with intact abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
Publication: J Vascular Surgery 33(2):304-10
Date: 2001
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Authors: Jablonski KA, Guagliardo MF
Title: Pediatric appendicitis rupture rate: a national indicator of disparities in healthcare access
Publication: Population Health Metrics
Date: 2006
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Authors: Jain N, R Pietrobon, U Guller, et al.
Title: Effect of provider volume on resource utilization for surgical procedures of the knee
Publication: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy: Official J of ESSKA
Date: 2004

Authors: Jain N, Pietrobon R, Hocker S, et al.
Title: The relationship between surgeon and hospital volume and outcomes for shoulder arthroplasty
Publication: J Bone and Joint Surgery American 86-A(3):496-505
Date: 2004
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Authors: Jain NB, Higgins LD, Ozumba D, et al.
Title: Trends in epidemiology of knee arthroplasty in the United States, 1990-2000
Publication: Arthritis Rheum 52:3928-33
Date: 2005
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Authors: Jain NB, Hocker S, Pietrobon R, et al.
Title: Total arthroplasty versus hemiarthroplasty for glenohumeral osteoarthritis: role of provider volume
Publication: J Shoulder Elbow Surg 14(4):361-7
Date: 2005
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Authors: Jain NB, Pietrobon R, Guller U, et al.
Title: Influence of provider volume on length of stay, operating room time, and discharge status for rotator cuff repair
Publication: J Shoulder Elbow Surg 14(4)407-13
Date: 2005
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Authors: Jain NB, Higgins LD, Guller U, et al.
Title: Trends in the epidemiology of total shoulder arthroplasty in the United States from 1990-2000
Publication: Arthritis Rheum 55(4):591-97
Date: August 2006

Authors: Jamal MM, Yoon EJ, Saadi A, et al.
Title: Trends in the utilization of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the United States
Publication: Am J Gastroenterol
Date: Feb. 2007

Authors: James AH, Bushnell CD, Jamison MG, Myers ER
Title: Incidence and risk factors for stroke in pregnancy and the puerperium
Publication: Obstetrics and Gynecology 106:509-16
Date: 2005
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Authors: James AH, Jamison MG, Biswas MS, et al.
Title: Acute myocardial infarction in pregnancy: a United States population-based study
Publication: Circulation 113(12):1564-71
Date: 2006
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Authors: James AH, Jamison MG, Brancazio LR, Myers ER
Title: Venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and the postpartum period: incidence, risk factors, and mortality
Publication: Am J Obstet Gynecol 194(5):1311-15
Date: May 2006

Authors: Janjua N, Nasar A, Lynch JK, Qureshi AI
Title: Thrombolysis for ischemic stroke in children: data from the nationwide inpatient sample
Publication: Stroke 38(6):1850-4
Date: 2007

Authors: Jewett BS, Shockley WW, Rutledge R
Title: External laryngeal trauma analysis of 392 patients
Publication: Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 125(8):877-80
Date: 1999
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Authors: Jiang HJ, et al.
Title: Adapting the HCUP QIs for hospital use: the experience in New York State
Publication: Jt Comm J Qual Improv 27(4):200-15
Date: 2001
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Authors: Jiang HJ, D Stryer, B Friedman and R Andrews
Title: Multiple hospitalizations for patients with diabetes
Publication: Diabetes Care 26:1421-6
Date: 2003
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Authors: Jiang HJ, Stocks C, Wong CJ
Title: Disparities between two common data sources on hospital nurse staffing
Publication: J Nurs Scholarsh 38(2):187-93
Date: 2006

Authors: Jiang HJ, Friedman B, Begun JW
Title: Factors Associated with High-Quality/Low-cost Hospital Performance
Publication: J Health Care Finance 32(3):39
Date: 2006

Authors: Johantgen M, Elixhauser A, Bali JK, et al.
Title: Quality Indicators using hospital discharge data: State and national applications
Publication: Jt Comm J Qual Improv 24(2):88-105
Date: 1998
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Authors: Johnston JA, MS Yi, MT Britto, and JM Mrus
Title: Importance of organ dysfunction in determining hospital outcomes in children
Publication: J Pediatrics 144(5):595-601
Date: 2004

Authors: Johnston JA, Wagner D, Timmons S, et al.
Title: Impact of different measures of comorbid disease on predicted mortality of intensive care unit patients
Publication: Med Care 40(10):929-40
Date: 2002
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Authors: Joshi AV, D'Souza AO, & Madhavan SS
Title: Differences in hospital length-of-stay, charges, and mortality in congestive heart failure patients
Publication: Congest Heart Fail 10(2):76-84
Date: 2004
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Authors: Joudi FN, Allareddy V, Kane CJ, Konety BR
Title: Analysis of complications following partial and total nephrectomy for renal cancer in a population based sample
Publication: J Urol 177(5):1709-14
Date: 2007

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