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Rello J, Ollendorf DA, Oster G, Vera-Llonch M, Bellm L, Redman R, Kollef MH.
Epidemiology and Outcomes of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in a Large US Database. CHEST 2002 Dec; 122(6):2115-2121.

Unruh L.
Trends in Adverse Events in Hospitalized Patients. J Healthcare Qual 2002 Sept/Oct; 24(5):4-10.

Silber JH, Rosenbaum PR, Koziol LF, Sutaria N, Marsh RR, Even-Shoshan O.
Conditional Length of Stay. Health Serv Res. 1999 Apr;34(1 Pt 2):349-63.

Silber JH, Gleeson SP, Zhao H.
The influence of chronic disease on resource utilization in common acute pediatric conditions. Financial concerns for children's hospitals. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999 Feb;153(2):169-79.

Iezzoni LI, Ash AS, Shwartz M, Landon BE, Mackiernan YD.
Predicting in-hospital deaths from coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Do different severity measures give different predictions? Med Care. 1998 Jan;36(1):28-39.

Iezzoni LI.
The risks of risk adjustment. JAMA. 1997 Nov 19;278(19):1600-7.

Lave JR, Bankowitz RA, Hughes-Cromwick P, Giuse NB.
Diagnostic certainty and hospital resource use. Cost Qual Q J. 1997 Jul;3(3):22-3, 26-32; quiz 46.

Silber JH, Rosenbaum PR, Williams SV, Ross RN, Schwartz JS.
The relationship between choice of outcome measure and hospital rank in general surgical procedures: implications for quality assessment. Int J Qual Health Care. 1997 Jun;9(3):193-200.

Iezzoni LI, Ash AS, Shwartz M, Mackiernan YD.
Differences in procedure use, in-hospital mortality, and illness severity by gender for acute myocardial infarction patients: are answers affected by data source and severity measure? Med Care. 1997 Feb;35(2):158-71.

Iezzoni LI, Shwartz M, Ash AS, Mackiernan YD.
Predicting in-hospital mortality for stroke patients: results differ across severity-measurement methods. Med Decis Making. 1996 Oct-Dec;16(4):348-56.

Shwartz M, Iezzoni LI, Ash AS, Mackiernan YD.
Do severity measures explain differences in length of hospital stay? The case of hip fracture. Health Serv Res. 1996 Oct;31(4):365-85.

Lave JR, Fine MJ, Sankey SS, Hanusa BH, Weissfeld LA, Kapoor WN.
Hospitalized pneumonia. Outcomes, treatment patterns, and costs in urban and rural areas. J Gen Intern Med. 1996 Jul;11(7):415-21.

Steen P, Cherney B.
Evolution of analytical tools by MediQual™ Systems, Inc. Am J Med Qual. 1996 Spring;11(1):S15-7.

Iezzoni LI, Shwartz M, Ash AS, Mackiernan YD.
Using severity measures to predict the likelihood of death for pneumonia inpatients. J Gen Intern Med. 1996 Jan;11(1):23-31.

Iezzoni LI, Ash AS, Shwartz M, Daley J, Hughes JS, Mackiernan YD.
Predicting who dies depends on how severity is measured: implications for evaluating patient outcomes. Ann Intern Med. 1995 Nov 15;123(10):763-70.

Hasley PB, Lave JR, Hanusa BH, Arena VC, Ramsey G, Kapoor WN, Fine MJ.
Variation in the use of red blood cell transfusions. A study of four common medical and surgical conditions. Med Care. 1995 Nov;33(11):1145-60.

Hendryx MS, Wakefield DS, Murray JF, Uden-Holman T, Helms CM, Ludke RL.
Using comparative clinical and economic outcome information to profile physician performance. Health Serv Manage Res. 1995 Nov;8(4):213-20.

Silber JH, Rosenbaum PR, Schwartz JS, Ross RN, Williams SV.
Evaluation of the complication rate as a measure of quality of care in coronary artery bypass graft surgery. JAMA. 1995 Jul 26;274(4):317-23.

Fine MJ, Hanusa BH, Lave JR, Singer DE, Stone RA, Weissfeld LA, Coley CM, Marrie TJ, Kapoor WN.
Comparison of a disease-specific and a generic severity of illness measure for patients with community-acquired pneumonia. J Gen Intern Med. 1995 Jul;10(7):359-68.

Rosen AK, Ash AS, McNiff KJ, Moskowitz MA.
The importance of severity of illness adjustment in predicting adverse outcomes in the Medicare population. J Clin Epidemiol. 1995 May;48(5):631-43.

McGann KP, Bowman MA, Davis SW.
Morbidity, mortality, and charges for hospital care of the elderly: a comparison of internists' and family physicians' admissions. J Fam Pract. 1995 May;40(5):443-8.

Localio AR, Hamory BH, Sharp TJ, Weaver SL, TenHave TR, Landis JR.
Comparing hospital mortality in adult patients with pneumonia. A case study of statistical methods in a managed care program. Ann Intern Med. 1995 Jan 15;122(2):125-32.

Arndt M, Bradbury RC, Golec JH.
Surgeon volume and hospital resource utilization. Inquiry. 1995-96 Winter;32(4):407-17.
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