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J. Birkmeyer

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h-index: 102
Works: 359
Citations: 42K

Most-cited papers

Surgical skill and complication rates after bariatric surgery.
J. Birkmeyer, Jonathan F. Finks, A. O'Reilly, Mary K. Oerline +5 more
2013New England Journal of Medicine1,452 citations Open access
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The Impact Of The COVID-19 Pandemic On Hospital Admissions In The United States
J. Birkmeyer, Amber E. Barnato, N. Birkmeyer, R. Bessler +1 more
2020Health Affairs528 citations Open access
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Understanding regional variation in the use of surgery
J. Birkmeyer, P. McCulloch, A. Carr, Jack Wennberg
2014491 citations
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Hospital Volume and Operative Mortality in the Modern Era
B. Reames, A. Ghaferi, J. Birkmeyer, J. Dimick
2014Annals of Surgery419 citations Open access
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The Comparative Effectiveness of Sleeve Gastrectomy, Gastric Bypass, and Adjustable Gastric Banding Procedures for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity
A. Carlin, T. M. Zeni, Wayne J. English, A. Hawasli +8 more
2013Annals of Surgery323 citations
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Hospital quality and the cost of inpatient surgery in the United States
J. Birkmeyer, Cathryn Gust, J. Dimick, N. Birkmeyer +1 more
2012Annals of Surgery302 citations Open access
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Black Patients Are More Likely to Undergo Surgery at Low Quality Hospitals in Segregated Regions
J. Dimick, J. Ruhter, M. Sarrazin, J. Birkmeyer
2013Health Affairs286 citations Open access
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“Understanding the Volume-Outcome Effect in Cardiovascular Surgery: the Role of Failure to Rescue”
Andrew A. Gonzalez, J. Dimick, J. Birkmeyer, A. Ghaferi
2014JAMA Surgery253 citations Open access
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Bariatric Surgery Complications Before vs. After Implementation of a National Policy Restricting Coverage to Centers of Excellence
J. Dimick, L. Nicholas, Andrew M. Ryan, J. Thumma +1 more
2013Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)199 citations Open access
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Predicting Risk for Venous Thromboembolism With Bariatric Surgery: Results From the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative
Jonathan F. Finks, Wayne J. English, A. Carlin, K. Krause +4 more
2012Annals of Surgery171 citations
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Regional intensity of vascular care and lower extremity amputation rates
P. Goodney, Kerianne H Holman, P. Henke, Lori L. Travis +4 more
2013Journal of Vascular Surgery152 citations Open access
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Surgeon specialization and operative mortality in United States: retrospective analysis
Nikhil R. Sahni, M. Dalton, David M. Cutler, J. Birkmeyer +1 more
2016British medical journal135 citations Open access
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Costs and Consequences of Early Hospital Discharge After Major Inpatient Surgery in Older Adults
S. Regenbogen, Anne H. Cain-Nielsen, E. Norton, Lena M. Chen +2 more
2017JAMA Surgery120 citations Open access
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Effects of Resident Involvement on Complication Rates after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
R. Krell, N. Birkmeyer, B. Reames, A. Carlin +2 more
2013Journal of the American College of Surgeons109 citations Open access
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Strategies to reduce variation in the use of surgery.
P. McCulloch, M. Nagendran, W. B. Campbell, A. Price +3 more
2013The Lancet108 citations
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Variations in Medicare Payments for Episodes of Spine Surgery
Andrew J. Schoenfeld, Mitchel B. Harris, Haiyin Liu, J. Birkmeyer
2014The spine journal106 citations Open access
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Composite measures for rating hospital quality with major surgery
J. Dimick, D. Staiger, N. Osborne, L. Nicholas +1 more
2012Health Services Research106 citations Open access
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Hospitals In ‘Magnet’ Program Show Better Patient Outcomes On Mortality Measures Compared To Non-‘Magnet’ Hospitals
C. Friese, Rong Xia, A. Ghaferi, J. Birkmeyer +1 more
2015Health Affairs101 citations Open access
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Composite Measures for Profiling Hospitals on Surgical Morbidity
J. Dimick, D. Staiger, B. Hall, Clifford Y. Ko +1 more
2013Annals of Surgery94 citations
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Influence of Median Surgeon Operative Duration on Adverse Outcomes in Bariatric Surgery
B. Reames, D. Bacal, R. Krell, J. Birkmeyer +2 more
2014Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases93 citations Open access
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The Importance of the First Complication: Understanding Failure to Rescue After Emergent Surgery in the Elderly
K. Sheetz, R. Krell, M. Englesbe, J. Birkmeyer +2 more
2014Journal of the American College of Surgeons89 citations Open access
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Composite measures for profiling hospitals on bariatric surgery performance
J. Dimick, N. Birkmeyer, Jonathan F. Finks, D. Share +3 more
2014JAMA Surgery89 citations Open access
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Comparative effectiveness of unfractionated and low-molecular-weight heparin for prevention of venous thromboembolism following bariatric surgery.
N. Birkmeyer, Jonathan F. Finks, A. Carlin, D. Chengelis +6 more
2012Archives of Surgery84 citations
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Strategies for Reducing Regional Variation in the Use of Surgery A Systematic Review
B. Reames, Sarah P. Shubeck, J. Birkmeyer
2014Annals of Surgery83 citations Open access
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Emergency department visits after surgery are common for Medicare patients, suggesting opportunities to improve care.
K. Kocher, B. Nallamothu, J. Birkmeyer, J. Dimick
2013Health Affairs80 citations
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Ambulatory surgery centers and outpatient procedure use among Medicare beneficiaries
B. Hollenbeck, R. Dunn, Anne M. Suskind, Yun S. Zhang +2 more
2014Medical Care79 citations Open access
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Impact of Surgical Quality Improvement on Payments in Medicare Patients
Christopher P. Scally, J. Thumma, J. Birkmeyer, J. Dimick
2015Annals of Surgery78 citations Open access
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Safety Culture and Complications After Bariatric Surgery
Nancy J. O. Birkmeyer, Jonathan F. Finks, Caprice Greenberg, A. McVeigh +5 more
2013Annals of Surgery77 citations
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Safety in Numbers: The Development of Leapfrog’s Composite Patient Safety Score for U.S. Hospitals
J. Austin, G. D'Andrea, J. Birkmeyer, L. Leape +6 more
2014Journal of patient safety72 citations
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Improvement in Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Outcomes Through Inter-Hospital Collaboration
M. Gaies, S. Pasquali, M. Banerjee, J. Dimick +15 more
2019Journal of the American College of Cardiology69 citations Open access
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Relationship between regional spending on vascular care and amputation rate
P. Goodney, Lori L. Travis, Benjamin S. Brooke, R. DeMartino +3 more
2014JAMA Surgery65 citations Open access
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Does Pay-for-Performance Improve Surgical Outcomes? An Evaluation of Phase 2 of the Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration
Terry Shih, L. Nicholas, J. Thumma, J. Birkmeyer +1 more
2014Annals of Surgery61 citations Open access
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Variation in utilization of acid-reducing medication at 1 year following bariatric surgery: results from the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative.
O. Varban, A. Hawasli, A. Carlin, Jeffrey A. Genaw +6 more
2015Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases58 citations
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Variation in hospital mortality rates with inpatient cancer surgery
S. Wong, S. Revels, H. Yin, A. Stewart +3 more
2015Annals of Surgery54 citations Open access
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Video Ratings of Surgical Skill and Late Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery
Christopher P. Scally, O. Varban, A. Carlin, J. Birkmeyer +1 more
2016JAMA Surgery53 citations Open access
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Anticipating the Effects of Accountable Care Organizations for Inpatient Surgery
D. Miller, Zao-Jun Ye, Cathryn Gust, J. Birkmeyer
2013JAMA Surgery50 citations Open access
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Risks and benefits of prophylactic inferior vena cava filters in patients undergoing bariatric surgery.
N. Birkmeyer, Jonathan F. Finks, Wayne J. English, A. Carlin +5 more
2013Journal of Hospital Medicine49 citations Open access
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Differences Between Physician Social Networks for Cardiac Surgery Serving Communities With High Versus Low Proportions of Black Residents
J. Hollingsworth, Russell J. Funk, Spencer Garrison, Jason owen-Smith +3 more
2015Medical Care47 citations
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Surgical Post-acute Care Spending Driven by Choice of Post-Acute Care Setting Rather than Intensity of Services
Lena M. Chen, E. Norton, M. Banerjee, S. Regenbogen +2 more
2017Health Affairs45 citations Open access
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Progress and challenges in improving surgical outcomes
J. Birkmeyer
2012British Journal of Surgery43 citations Open access
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Provider Experience and the Comparative Safety of Laparoscopic and Open Colectomy
K. Sheetz, E. Norton, J. Birkmeyer, J. Dimick
2017Health Services Research41 citations Open access
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Influence of national centralization of oesophagogastric cancer on management and clinical outcome from emergency upper gastrointestinal conditions
S. Markar, H. Mackenzie, T. Wiggins, A. Askari +5 more
2018British Journal of Surgery40 citations
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Time-to-Readmissions and Mortality After High-Risk Surgery
Andrew A. Gonzalez, Z. M. Abdelsattar, J. Dimick, Shantanu Dev +2 more
2015Annals of Surgery40 citations Open access
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Racial disparities in surgical resection and survival among elderly patients with poor prognosis cancer
S. Revels, M. Banerjee, H. Yin, C. Sonnenday +1 more
2012Journal of the American College of Surgeons40 citations Open access
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Primary Stroke Center hospitalization for elderly stroke patients: implications for case-fatality and travel times
K. Bekelis, Nancy J. Marth, Kendrew S. K. Wong, Wei-Ping Zhou +2 more
2016JAMA Internal Medicine39 citations Open access
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Composite Quality Measures for Common Inpatient Medical Conditions
Lena M. Chen, D. Staiger, J. Birkmeyer, Andrew M. Ryan +2 more
2013Medical Care35 citations Open access
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The Effects of Adding a Spending Measure to the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program
Anup Das, E. Norton, D. Miller, Andrew M. Ryan +2 more
2016Health Affairs34 citations Open access
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HOSPITALIST STAFFING AND PATIENT SATISFACTION IN THE NATIONAL MEDICARE POPULATION
Lena M. Chen, J. Birkmeyer, S. Saint, A. Jha
2013Journal of Hospital Medicine32 citations Open access
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MEDICARE’S BUNDLED PAYMENTS FOR CARE IMPROVEMENT (BPCI) INITIATIVE: EXPANDING ENROLLMENT SUGGESTS POTENTIAL FOR LARGE IMPACT
Lena M. Chen, E. Meara, J. Birkmeyer
2015American Journal of Managed Care31 citations
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Variation in Medicare Payments for Colorectal Cancer Surgery.
Z. M. Abdelsattar, J. Birkmeyer, S. Wong
2015Journal of Oncology Practice31 citations Open access
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