2014

Yasaitis LC, Bubolz T, Skinner JS, Chandra A (2014) “Local Population Characteristics and Hemoglobin A1c Testing Rates among Diabetic Medicare Beneficiaries.” PLoS ONE 9(10): e111119.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111119

Schoenfeld AJ, Harris MB, Liu H, Birkmeyer JD. “Variations in Medicare Payments for Episodes of Spine Surgery.” Spine J. 2014 Jul 11. (Epub ahead of print).

Chen LM, Wilk AS, Thumma JR, Birkmeyer JD, Banerjee M. “Use of Medical Consultants for Hospitalized Surgical Patients: an Observational Cohort Study.”JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Sept 1; 174(9):1470-7.

Reames BN, Shubeck SP, Birkmeyer JD. “Strategies for Reducing Regional Variation in the use of Surgery: a Systematic Review.”Ann Surg. 2014 Apr; 259(4):616-27.

Lewis VA, Colla CH, Schoenherr KE, Shortell SM, Fisher ES. “Innovation in the Safety Net: Integrating Community Health Centers Through Accountable Care.”Journal of general internal medicine. Jul 10 2014.

Sirovich BE, Lipner RS, Johnston M, Holmboe ES. “The Association Between Residency Training and Internists’ Ability to Practice Conservatively.”JAMA internal medicine. Sept 1 2014.

Colla C., Sequist TD, Rosenthal MB, Schpero WL, Gottlieb DJ, Morden NE. “Use of non-indicated cardiac testing in low-risk patients: Choosing Wisely.”BMJ Quality & Safety, Aug 5, 2014.

Morden NE, Colla CH, Sequist TD, Rosenthal MB. “Choosing wisely–the politics and economics of labeling low-value services.”The New England journal of medicine. Feb 13 2014;370(7):589-592.

Morden NE, Schpero WL, Zaha R, Sequist TD, Colla CH. “Overuse of short-interval bone densitometry: assessing rates of low-value care.”Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA. Sept 2014;25(9):2307-2311.

Morden NE, Munson JC, Colla CH, Skinner JS, Bynum J, Zhou W, Meara E. “Prescription Opioid Use Among Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries: Intensity, Trends, and Regional Variation.” Medical Care 2014;52(9):852-859.

Baker L.C., Bundorf M.K., Kessler D.P. “Patients’ Preferences Explain A Small But Significant Share Of Regional Variation In Medicare Spending.”Health Affairs 33 (6) 2014:957-963.

Bynum J.P., Barre L., Reed C., Passow H. “Participation of very old adults in health care decisions.”Medical Decision Making. 34(2):216-30, 2014 Feb.

Bekelis K., Roberts D.W., Zhou W., Skinner J.S. “Fragmentation of Care and the Use of Head Computed Tomography in Patients With Ischemic Stroke.”Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Published online before print April 8, 2014, doi: 10.1161/​CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000745.

Wennberg D.E., Sharp S.M., Bevan G., Skinner J.S. “A population health approach to reducing observational intensity bias in health risk adjustment: cross sectional analysis of insurance claims.”BMJ 2014;348:g2392.

Bekelis K., Smith J., Zhou W., Roberts D., Skinner J.S. “Association of Statin Use With the Risk of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Medicare Patients With Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms.”Stroke. 2014; 45: A205.

Bekelis K., Missions S., Mackenzie T.A. “Prehospital Helicopter Transport and Survival of Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury” Annals of Surgery