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List of works by Laurence C. Baker

Acquisition of MRI equipment by doctors drives up imaging use and spending

scientific article published on December 2010

Adherence to postoperative surveillance guidelines after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair among Medicare beneficiaries

scientific article published on 31 July 2014

Adoption and effectiveness of internal mammary artery grafting in coronary artery bypass surgery among Medicare beneficiaries.

scientific article published on 27 September 2013

Are Changes in Medical Group Practice Characteristics Over Time Associated With Medicare Spending and Quality of Care?

scientific article published on 22 November 2018

Are gatekeeper requirements associated with cancer screening utilization?

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Assessing cost-effectiveness and value as imaging grows:the case of carotid artery CT.

scientific article published in December 2010

Association of Managed Care Market Share and Health Expenditures for Fee-for-Service Medicare Patients

scientific article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association

Association of coronary CT angiography or stress testing with subsequent utilization and spending among Medicare beneficiaries.

scientific article published in November 2011

California emergency department visit rates for medical conditions increased while visit rates for injuries fell, 2005-11.

scientific article published in April 2015

Concentration In Orthopedic Markets Was Associated With A 7 Percent Increase In Physician Fees For Total Knee Replacements

scientific article published on June 2015

Consumer Demand for Health Information on the Internet

scientific article published in March 2004

Decreasing reimbursements for outpatient emergency department visits across payer groups from 1996 to 2004.

scientific article published on 13 November 2007

Demographics, Usage Patterns, and Safety of Male Users of Clomiphene in the United States

scientific article published on 12 July 2019

Differences in earnings between male and female physicians

scientific article published in April 1996

Do health plans influence quality of care?

scientific article published in February 2004

Do mandates requiring insurers to pay for emergency care influence the use of the emergency department?

scientific article published on July 2006

Does Competition from HMOs Affect Fee-For-Service Physicians?

scientific article published in November 1994

Does Health Plan Generosity Enhance Hospital Market Power?

scientific article published in August 2015

Does Medicaid managed care affect access to care for the uninsured?

scientific article published on July 2005

Does Multispecialty Practice Enhance Physician Market Power?

scientific article published in October 2017

Does Quality Improvement Implementation Affect Hospital Quality of Care?

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Does health plan generosity enhance hospital market power?

scientific article published on 22 August 2015

Effect of an Internet-based system for doctor-patient communication on health care spending

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Effect of managed care on preventable hospitalization rates in California

scientific article published in April 2002

Effect of opening midlevel neonatal intensive care units on the location of low birth weight births in California

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Effects of care management and telehealth: a longitudinal analysis using medicare data

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Efforts to expand physician supply deserve scrutiny

scientific article published on August 2008

Emergency department visits by children, adolescents, and young adults in California by insurance status, 2005-2010.

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Expanded use of imaging technology and the challenge of measuring value

scientific article published in November 2008

Expanding Patients' Property Rights In Their Medical Records

scientific article published in October 2014

Exposure to ionizing radiation and estimate of secondary cancers in the era of high-speed CT scanning: projections from the Medicare population

scientific article published in April 2012

Free internet access, the digital divide, and health information

scientific article published on April 2005

Gaps in preoperative surveillance and rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms among Medicare beneficiaries.

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HMO Coverage Reduces Variations In The Use Of Health Care Among Patients Under Age Sixty-Five

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

HMOs and Fee-For-Service Health Care Expenditures: Evidence from Medicare

scientific article published in November 1995

HSR Editorial: Oversimplifying Health Reform Discussions

scientific article published on June 1, 2012

Health care cost growth among the privately insured

scientific article published in September 2009

Identifying organizational cultures that promote patient safety

scientific article published on October 2009

Impact of drug-eluting stents on the comparative effectiveness of coronary artery bypass surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention.

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Impact of including readmissions for qualifying events in the patient safety indicators

scientific article published on 24 January 2014

Impact of the Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently (SAAAVE) Act on Abdominal Ultrasonography Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

Implications of metric choice for common applications of readmission metrics

scientific article published on 06 June 2013

Increased risk of cancer in infertile men: analysis of U.S. claims data

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Internet use and stigmatized illness

scientific article published on 26 April 2005

Is the prevalence of gatekeeping in a community associated with individual trust in medical care?

scientific article published in May 2003

Job satisfaction and motivation among physicians in academic medical centers: insights from a cross-national study

scientific article published in December 2008

Late diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysms substantiates underutilization of abdominal aortic aneurysm screening for Medicare beneficiaries

scientific article published on 12 February 2013

Laws requiring health plans to provide direct access to obstetricians and gynecologists, and use of cancer screening by women.

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Less Physician Practice Competition Is Associated With Higher Prices Paid For Common Procedures

scientific article published on October 2015

Limitations of using same-hospital readmission metrics

scientific article published on 27 October 2013

Managed Care and Health Care Expenditures: Evidence From Medicare

scientific article published in September 1997

Managed Care and Medical Technology Growth

scientific article published in January 1999

Managed Care and Technology Adoption in Health Care: Evidence from Magnetic Resonance Imaging

scientific article published in November 2000

Managed Care, Technology Adoption, and Health Care: The Adoption of Neonatal Intensive Care

scientific article published in September 2000

Managed care and technology adoption in health care: evidence from magnetic resonance imaging

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Managed care, medical technology, and the well-being of society.

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Management of ventricular arrhythmias in diverse populations in California.

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Mandated Health Insurance Benefits and the Utilization and Outcomes of Infertility Treatments

scientific article published in January 2007

Medical costs in workers' compensation insurance

scientific article published on December 1995

Ongoing physical activity advice by humans versus computers: The Community Health Advice by Telephone (CHAT) Trial

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Outcomes after coronary artery calcium and other cardiovascular biomarker testing among asymptomatic medicare beneficiaries.

scientific article published on 28 April 2014

Patient safety climate in 92 US hospitals: differences by work area and discipline

scientific article published in January 2009

Patient safety climate in US hospitals: variation by management level

scientific article published in November 2008

Patients' preferences explain a small but significant share of regional variation in medicare spending

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Payer status, preoperative surveillance, and rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms in the US Medicare population

scientific article published on 12 February 2014

Payment reform. Introduction.

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Physician practice competition and prices paid by private insurers for office visits.

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Physician practice size and variations in treatments and outcomes: evidence from Medicare patients with AMI.

scientific article published in January 2007

Physicians' perceptions of autonomy and satisfaction in California

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Postoperative Surveillance and Long-term Outcomes After Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Among Medicare Beneficiaries

scientific article published on 8 July 2015

Predictors for medical students entering a general surgery residency: National survey results.

scientific article published in September 2004

Predictors of surgery resident satisfaction with teaching by attendings: a national survey

scientific article published in February 2005

Private insurers' payments for routine physician office visits vary substantially across the United States

scientific article published on September 2013

Quality improvement implementation and hospital performance on patient safety indicators

scientific article published in February 2006

Quality improvement implementation and hospital performance on quality indicators

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Relationship between HMO market share and the diffusion and use of advanced MRI technologies

scientific article published in July 2004

Sind amerikanische Ärzte zufriedener? – Ergebnisse einer internationalen Studie unter Ärzten an Universitätskliniken

scientific article published on 13 March 2009

The Affordable Care Act reduces emergency department use by young adults: evidence from three States.

scientific article published on September 2014

The Effect of Hospital/Physician Integration on Hospital Choice

scientific article published in August 2015

The Effect of Managed Care on Health Care Providers

scientific article published in April 1997

The Effects of HMOs on Conventional Insurance Premiums: Theory and Evidence

scientific article published in November 1995

The Effects of Medicare Advantage on Opioid Use

scientific article published in December 2018

The Effects of Multispecialty Group Practice on Health Care Spending and Use

scientific article published in June 2019

The Relation Between Managed Care Market Share and the Treatment of Elderly Fee-For-Service Patients with Myocardial Infarction

scientific article published in January 2001

The association between community-level insurance coverage and emergency department use.

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The contribution of health plans and provider organizations to variations in measured plan quality.

scientific article published on 18 March 2010

The effect of HMOs on fee-for-service health care expenditures: Evidence from Medicare

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The relation between managed care market share and the treatment of elderly fee-for-service patients with myocardial infarction

scientific article (publication date: 15 February 2002)

The relationship between low back magnetic resonance imaging, surgery, and spending: impact of physician self-referral status

scientific article published on 21 April 2011

The role of organizational infrastructure in implementation of hospitals' quality improvement

scientific article published on January 2006

Treating age-related macular degeneration: comparing the use of two drugs among medicare and veterans affairs populations

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Trends in adult emergency department visits in California by insurance status, 2005-2010.

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Trends in charges and payments for nonhospitalized emergency department pediatric visits, 1996-2003.

scientific article published in April 2008

Use of the Internet and E-mail for Health Care Information

scientific article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association

Variation in access to health care for different racial/ethnic groups by the racial/ethnic composition of an individual's county of residence

scientific article published in July 2004

Variations in hospital resource use for Medicare and privately insured populations in California

scientific article published on 12 February 2008

Vertical Integration: Hospital Ownership Of Physician Practices Is Associated With Higher Prices And Spending

scientific article published on 01 May 2014

Why Don’t Commercial Health Plans Use Prospective Payment?

scientific article published in October 2016

Workforce perceptions of hospital safety culture: development and validation of the patient safety climate in healthcare organizations survey.

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`Competition' among employers offering health insurance

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