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Practical and policy implications of using different rural-urban classification systems: a case study of inpatient service utilization among Veterans Administration users.

Berke EM, West AN, Wallace AE, Weeks WB.

J Rural Health. 2009 Summer;25(3):259-66.PMID: 19566611 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Health care expenditures for urban and rural veterans in Veterans Health Administration care.

West AN, Weeks WB.

Health Serv Res. 2009 Oct;44(5 Pt 1):1718-34. Epub 2009 Jun 3.PMID: 19500162 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The supply and demand of chiropractors in the United States from 1996 to 2005.

Davis MA, Davis AM, Luan J, Weeks WB.

Altern Ther Health Med. 2009 May-Jun;15(3):36-40.PMID: 19472863 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cost and workforce implications of subjecting all physicians to aviation industry work-hour restrictions.

Payette M, Chatterjee A, Weeks WB.

Am J Surg. 2009 Jun;197(6):820-5; discussion 826-7. Epub 2009 Apr 17.PMID: 19375063 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

How do race and sex affect the earnings of primary care physicians?

Weeks WB, Wallace TA, Wallace AE.

Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Mar-Apr;28(2):557-66.PMID: 19276016 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Health care for patients with serious mental illness: family medicine's role.

Morden NE, Mistler LA, Weeks WB, Bartels SJ.

J Am Board Fam Med. 2009 Mar-Apr;22(2):187-95.PMID: 19264942 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Do older rural and urban veterans experience different rates of unplanned readmission to VA and non-VA hospitals?

Weeks WB, Lee RE, Wallace AE, West AN, Bagian JP.

J Rural Health. 2009 Winter;25(1):62-9.PMID: 19166563 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Improving efficiency and access to mental health care: combining integrated care and advanced access.

Pomerantz A, Cole BH, Watts BV, Weeks WB.

Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2008 Nov-Dec;30(6):546-51. Epub 2008 Oct 5.PMID: 19061681 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Does reducing length of stay make a business case?

Weeks WB, Resar R.

Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008 Nov;34(11):627-8.PMID: 19025082 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Research on rural veterans: an analysis of the literature.

Weeks WB, Wallace AE, West AN, Heady HR, Hawthorne K.

J Rural Health. 2008 Fall;24(4):337-44. Review.PMID: 19007387 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The U.S. military as a natural experiment: changes in drinking age, military environment, and later alcohol treatment episodes among veterans.

Wallace AE, Wallace A, Weeks WB.

Mil Med. 2008 Jul;173(7):619-25.PMID: 18700593 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The effectiveness of root cause analysis: what does the literature tell us?

Percarpio KB, Watts BV, Weeks WB.

Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008 Jul;34(7):391-8.PMID: 18677870 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Rural Veterans and Access to High-Quality Care for High-Risk Surgeries.

West AN, Weeks WB, Wallace AE.

Health Serv Res. 2008 Jul 28. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 18665855 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

When VA patients have non-VA hospitalizations, who pays for what services, and what are the research implications? A New York case study.

West AN, Weeks WB, Wright SM, Wallace AE, Fisher ES.

Med Care. 2008 Aug;46(8):872-7.PMID: 18665067 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparing the characteristics, utilization, efficiency, and outcomes of VA and non-VA inpatient care provided to VA enrollees: a case study in New York.

Weeks WB, West AN, Wallace AE, Fisher ES.

Med Care. 2008 Aug;46(8):863-71.PMID: 18665066 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Medical school type and physician income.

Weeks WB, Wallace TA.

J Health Care Finance. 2008 Spring;34(3):34-44.PMID: 18468377 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Collaboration of ethics and patient safety programs: opportunities to promote quality care.

Nelson WA, Neily J, Mills P, Weeks WB.

HEC Forum. 2008 Mar;20(1):15-27. No abstract available. PMID: 18425589 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Rural-urban differences in primary care physicians' practice patterns, characteristics, and incomes.

Weeks WB, Wallace AE.

J Rural Health. 2008 Spring;24(2):161-70.PMID: 18397451 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Is a management degree worth the investment for physicians? A survey of members of the American College of Physician Executives.

Weeks WB, Lazarus A, Wallace AE.

J Med Pract Manage. 2008 Jan-Feb;23(4):232-7.PMID: 18309736 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The organizational costs of ethical conflicts.

Nelson WA, Weeks WB, Campfield JM.

J Healthc Manag. 2008 Jan-Feb;53(1):41-52; discussion 52-3.PMID: 18283968 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparing measures of patient safety for inpatient care provided to veterans within and outside the VA system in New York.

Weeks WB, West AN, Rosen AK, Bagian JP.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2008 Feb;17(1):58-64.PMID: 18245221 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effective interventions and implementation strategies to reduce adverse drug events in the Veterans Affairs (VA) system.

Mills PD, Neily J, Kinney LM, Bagian J, Weeks WB.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2008 Feb;17(1):37-46.PMID: 18245218 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Rare adverse medical events in VA inpatient care: reliability limits to using patient safety indicators as performance measures.

West AN, Weeks WB, Bagian JP.

Health Serv Res. 2008 Feb;43(1 Pt 1):249-66.PMID: 18211528 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Where do veterans health administration patients obtain heart, liver, and kidney transplants?

Weeks WB, West AN.

Mil Med. 2007 Nov;172(11):1154-9.PMID: 18062388 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Where do women veterans get their inpatient care?

Mooney SE, Weeks WB.

Womens Health Issues. 2007 Nov-Dec;17(6):367-73.PMID: 18042486 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Gender differences in dermatologists' annual incomes.

Weeks WB, Wallace AE.

Cutis. 2007 Oct;80(4):325-32.PMID: 18038697 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reducing avoidable deaths among veterans: directing private-sector surgical care to high-performance hospitals.

Weeks WB, West AN, Wallace AE, Lee RE, Goodman DC, Dimick JB, Bagian JP.

Am J Public Health. 2007 Dec;97(12):2186-92. Epub 2007 Oct 30.PMID: 17971543 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Outcomes of a quality improvement project integrating mental health into primary care.

Watts BV, Shiner B, Pomerantz A, Stender P, Weeks WB.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2007 Oct;16(5):378-81.PMID: 17913780 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Who pays when VA users are hospitalized in the private sector? Evidence from three data sources.

West AN, Weeks WB.

Med Care. 2007 Oct;45(10):1003-7.PMID: 17890999 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Characteristics of VA patients who use low-quality private-sector CABG centers in New York.

Weeks WB, Fisher ES.

Med Care Res Rev. 2007 Dec;64(6):691-705. Epub 2007 Sep 18.PMID: 17878291 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Gender differences in ophthalmologists' annual incomes.

Weeks WB, Wallace AE.

Ophthalmology. 2007 Sep;114(9):1696-701.PMID: 17822976 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Awareness and use of a cognitive aid for anesthesiology.

Neily J, DeRosier JM, Mills PD, Bishop MJ, Weeks WB, Bagian JP.

Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007 Aug;33(8):502-11.PMID: 17724947 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Income differentials required to make fellowship training in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive pelvic surgery financially neutral.

Muffly TM, Weeks WB.

Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 2008 Jan;19(1):151-6. Epub 2007 Jul 3.PMID: 17607498 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Unintended consequences of regionalizing specialized VA addiction services.

Wallace AE, West AN, Booth BM, Weeks WB.

Psychiatr Serv. 2007 May;58(5):668-74.PMID: 17463348 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Gender differences in anesthesiologists' annual incomes.

Weeks WB, Wallace AE, Mackenzie TA.

Anesthesiology. 2007 Apr;106(4):806-11.PMID: 17413919 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Gender differences in the annual income of psychiatrists.

Weeks WB, Wallace AE.

Psychiatr Serv. 2007 Apr;58(4):515-20.PMID: 17412854 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Differences in the annual incomes of emergency physicians related to gender.

Weeks WB, Wallace AE.

Acad Emerg Med. 2007 May;14(5):434-40. Epub 2007 Mar 21.PMID: 17379596 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Race and gender differences in pediatricians' annual incomes.

Weeks WB, Wallace AE.

Ambul Pediatr. 2007 Mar-Apr;7(2):196-200.PMID: 17368417 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The influence of race and gender on family physicians' annual incomes.

Weeks WB, Wallace A.

J Am Board Fam Med. 2006 Nov-Dec;19(6):548-56.PMID: 17090788 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

No patient left behind.

Orkin FK, Weeks WB.

Anesthesiology. 2006 Nov;105(5):869-70. No abstract available. PMID: 17065875 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Association of race and gender with general surgeons' annual incomes.

Weeks WB, Wallace AE.

J Am Coll Surg. 2006 Oct;203(4):558-67. Epub 2006 Aug 22.PMID: 17000402 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Gender differences in diagnostic radiologists' annual incomes.

Weeks WB, Wallace AE.

Acad Radiol. 2006 Oct;13(10):1266-73.PMID: 16979076 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Tobacco cessation counseling across the ages.

Wallace AE, Sairafi NA, Weeks WB.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Sep;54(9):1425-8.PMID: 16970653 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The influence of physician race and gender on obstetrician-gynecologists' annual incomes.

Weeks WB, Wallace AE.

Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Sep;108(3 Pt 1):603-11.PMID: 16946221 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Race and gender differences in general internists' annual incomes.

Weeks WB, Wallace AE.

J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Nov;21(11):1167-71. Epub 2006 Aug 9.PMID: 16899059 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Response to commentaries on "is there a rural ethics literature?".

Nelson WA, Pomerantz AS, Weeks WB.

Am J Bioeth. 2006 Jul-Aug;6(4):W46-7. No abstract available. PMID: 16885089 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The influence of provider sex on neurologists' annual incomes.

Weeks WB, Wallace AE.

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2007 Jan;109(1):38-44. Epub 2006 Jul 18.PMID: 16846681 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Characteristics of rural and urban cadaveric organ transplant donors and recipients.

Weeks WB, Lushkov G, Nelson WA, Wallace AE.

J Rural Health. 2006 Summer;22(3):264-8.PMID: 16824173 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Rural-urban disparities in health-related quality of life within disease categories of Veterans.

Weeks WB, Wallace AE, Wang S, Lee A, Kazis LE.

J Rural Health. 2006 Summer;22(3):204-11.PMID: 16824163 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Rural and non-rural differences in membership of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities.

Nelson W, Weeks WB.

J Med Ethics. 2006 Jul;32(7):411-3.PMID: 16816042 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article