Journal Club Papers I:

[Fisher] Stiefel M, et al., “The Dartmouth Atlas Applied to Kaiser Permanente: Analysis of Variation in Care at the End of Life”, The Permanente Journal 2008;12(1):44-9.

[Stukel] Normand SLT, “Some old and some new statistical tools for outcomes research”, Circulation. 2008 Aug 19;118(8):872-84.

[Chandra] Weintraub WS, et al. “Effect of PCI on Quality of Life in Patients with Stable Coronary Disease”, NEJM 2008;359(7):677-87.

[Chandra] Peterson ED, Rumsfeld JS, “Finding the Courage to Reconsider Medical Therapy for Stable Angina”, NEJM 2008;359(7):751-752.

Journal Club Papers II:

[Chandra] Sequist TD et al. “Physician Performance and Racial Disparities in Diab-etes Mellitus Care”, Arch Intern Med 168(11)114-1149.

[Nyweide] Ricketts TC and Holmes GM, “Mortality and physician supply: does region hold the key to the paradox?”, HSR. 42:6 December 2007.

[Staiger] Doyle Joseph J, et al., “Returns to Physician Human Capital: Analyzing Patients Randomized to Physician Teams”, NBER Working Paper No. 14174, July 2008.

[Chandra] Dranove D, et al., “Does the Market Punish Aggressive Experts? Evidence from Caesarean Sections”, NBER Working Paper, 2008.

[Skinner] Carreyrou J “Nonprofit Hostpitals Flex Pricing Power,” Wall Street Journal, August 28, 2008, A1.

[Baicker/Chandra] “5 Myths about U.S. Healthcare”