JohnDamianBirkmeyerMD

PubMed

• 983 citations
  Surgical Skill and Complication Rates after Bariatric Surgery
  John D. Birkmeyer, Jonathan F. Finks, Mary K. Oerline, Arthur M. Carlin, Andre R. Nunn
  The New England Journal of Medicine. 2013-10-09
• 372 citations
  Measuring the quality of surgical care: structure, process, or outcomes?
  John D. Birkmeyer, Justin B. Dimick, Nancy J. O. Birkmeyer
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2004-04-01
• 194 citations
  Reexploration for hemorrhage following coronary artery bypass grafting: incidence and risk factors. Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group.
  Lawrence J. Dacey, John J. Munoz, Yvon R. Baribeau, Edward R. Johnson, Stephen J. Lahey
  Archives of Surgery. 1998-04-01

Journal Articles

• Case mix, quality and high-cost kidney transplant patients  
  Englesbe MJ, Dimick JB, Fan Z, Baser O, Birkmeyer JD, Am J Transplant, 1/1/2009
• Surgery: Can checklists improve surgical outcomes?  
  Birkmeyer JD, Miller DC, Nat Rev Urol, 1/1/2009
• Mortality in medicare patients undergoing surgery in July in teaching hospitals  
  Englesbe MJ, Fan Z, Baser O, Birkmeyer JD, Ann Surgery, 1/1/2009
• Composite measures for predicting surgical mortality in the hospital  
  Dimick JB, Staiger DO, Baser O, Birkmeyer JD, Health Aff, 1/1/2009
• Outcomes after transhiatal and transthoracic esophagectomy for cancer  
  Chang AC, Ji H, Birkmeyer NJO, Orringer MB, Birkmeyer JD, Ann Thorac Surg, 1/1/2008
• The effects of donor and recipient practices on transplant center finances  
  Englesbe MJ, Ads Y, Cohn JA, Sonnenday CJ, Lynch R, Sung RS, Pelletier SJ, Birkmeyer JD, Punch JD, Am J Transplant, 1/1/2008
• Socioeconomic disparities in surgical mortality in the elderly  
  Birkmeyer NJO, Gu N, Baser O, Morris AM, Birkmeyer JD, Med Care, 1/1/2008
• Major surgery in Victoria and the United States: a comparison of hospital mortality in older patients  
  Warrillow SJ, Bellomo R, Davey P, Birkmeyer JD, Crit Care Resusc, 1/1/2008
• Evidence-based screening and management of abdominal aortic aneurysm  
  Birkmeyer JD, Upchurch GR, Ann Int Med, 1/1/2007
• Hospital volume and late survival after cancer surgery  
  Birkmeyer JD, Sun Y, Wong SL, Stukel TA, Ann Surgery, 1/1/2007
• Volume, process, and operative mortality after cystectomy for bladder cancer  
  Hollenbeck BK, Wei, Y, Birkmeyer JD, Urology, 1/1/2007
• Misclassification of hospital volume with SEER-Medicare data  
  Hollenbeck BK, Ji H, Ye Z, Birkmeyer JD, Surg Innov, 1/1/2007
• Use of breast reconstruction following the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act  
  Alderman AK, Wei Y, Birkmeyer JD, JAMA, 1/1/2006
• Strategies for improving surgical quality Should payers reward excellence or effort?  
  Birkmeyer NJO, Birkmeyer JD, N Engl J Med, 1/1/2006
• Operative mortality and procedure volume as predictors of future hospital performance  
  Birkmeyer JD, Dimick JB, Staiger DO, Ann Surg, 1/1/2006
• Quality and safety in surgical care  
  Polk HC Jr., Birkmeyer JD, Hunt DR, Jones RS, Whittemore AD, Barraclough B, Ann Surg, 1/1/2006
• The volume-performance relationship with esophagectomy  
  Chang AC, Birkmeyer JD, Thorac Surg Clin, 1/1/2006
• Hospital volume and process of care in high risk cancer surgery  
  Birkmeyer JD, Sun Y, Goldfaden A, Birkmeyer NJO, Stukel TA, Cancer, 1/1/2006
• Laparoscopic skills are improved with LapMentor training: Results of a randomized, double blinded study  
  Andreatta PB, Woodrum DT, Birkmeyer JD, Yellamanchilli RK, Doherty GM, Gauger PG, Minter RM, Ann Surg, 1/1/2006
• Are mortality rates for different operations related? Implications for measuring the quality of non-cardiac surgery  
  Dimick JB, Staiger, DO, Birkmeyer JD, Med Care, 1/1/2006
• The rise and fall of anti-reflux surgery in the United States  
  Finks JF, Wei Y, Birkmeyer JD, Surg Endoscopy, 1/1/2006
• Racial disparities in late survival after surgery for rectal cancer  
  Morris AM, Birkmeyer NJO, Wei Y, Birkmeyer JD, J Am Coll Surg, 1/1/2006
• Life expectancy benefits of gastric bypass  
  Pope GD, Finlayson SRG, Kemp JA, Birkmeyer JD, Surg Innov, 1/1/2006
• Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Esophageal Carcinoma: A Meta-analysis  
  Greer SE, Goodney PP, Sutton JE, Birkmeyer JD, Surgery, 1/1/2005
• Best practices in laparoscopic surgery: Perioperative care  
  Goldfaden A, Birkmeyer JD, Surg Innovation, 1/1/2005
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Books/Book Chapters

• Lange Current Procedures in Surgery 
  Chapter: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy 
  Page 89.0 - 96.0Nguyen KT, Birkmeyer JDEditors: Minter RM, Doherty GM.McGraw-Hill, New York2010
• Hazzard’s Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology 
  Chapter: Surgical outcomes 
  Page 431.0 - 438.0Finlayson EVA, Birkmeyer JDEditors: Halter et al.McGraw-Hill, New York2009
• Sabiston Textbook of Surgery 
  Chapter: Critical assessment of surgical outcomes 
  Finlayson SRG, Birkmeyer JDEditors: Townsend CM.Saunders, New YorkEdition 18th,2007
• ACS Surgery: Principles and practice 
  Chapter: Benchmarking surgical outcomes 
  Finlayson EVA, Birkmeyer JDEditors: Souba WB.Chicago2007
• Complications of surgery 
  Chapter: Assessing surgical quality with structure and process of care measures 
  Page 30.0 - 44.0Birkmeyer JDEditors: Mulholland MW, Doherty GM.Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia2006
• Surgery: Scientific principles and practice 
  Chapter: Quality assessment in surgery 
  Page 327.0 - 337.0Birkmeyer JD, Campbell DA JrEditors: Mulholland MW.Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia2006
• Pancreatic Cancer 
  Chapter: Reducing the risks of pancreaticoduodenectomy 
  Lambert LA, Birkmeyer JDEditors: Evans DB, Pisters PWT, Abbruzzese JL.Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, MA2006
• ACS Surgery: Principles and practice 
  Chapter: Performance measures in surgery 
  Birkmeyer JDEditors: Souba WB.Chicago2006
• Sabiston’s Textbook of Surgery 
  Chapter: Critical assessment of surgical outcomes 
  Page 209.0 - 220.0Birkmeyer JD, Finlayson SRGEditors: Townsend CM.Saunders, New YorkEdition 17th,2004
• Surgical Research 
  Chapter: Using administrative data for clinical research 
  Page 127.0 - 136.0Birkmeyer JDEditors: Souba WW, Wilmore DW.Academic Press, San Diego2001
• Surgical Research 
  Chapter: Measuring surgical outcomes 
  Page 101.0 - 114.0Liu J, Birkmeyer JDEditors: Souba WW, Wilmore DW.Academic Press, San Diego2001
• Pancreatic Cancer 
  Chapter: Perioperative mortality with pancreaticoduodenectomy 
  Page 201.0 - 212.0Lambert LA, Birkmeyer JDEditors: Evans DB, Pisters PWT, Abbruzzese JL.Springer, New York2001
• The Dartmouth Atlas of Musculoskeletal Health Care 
  Editors: Weinstein JN, Birkmeyer JD.American Hospital Publishing, Inc, Chicago2000
• The Dartmouth Atlas of Vascular Health Care 
  Editors: Cronenwett JL, Birkmeyer JD.American Hospital Publishing, Inc, Chicago2000
• The Dartmouth Atlas of Cardiovascular Health Care 
  Editors: Wennberg DE, Birkmeyer JD.American Hospital Publishing, Inc, Chicago2000
• Carotid artery surgery: A problem based approach 
  Chapter: Should cost-effectiveness influence patient selection for carotid surgery? 
  Page 73.0 - 80.0Cronenwett JL, Birkmeyer JDEditors: Mackey WC, Naylor R.W. B. Saunders Company Limited2000
• 1999 Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care 
  Chapter: Practice Variations and the Quality of Surgical Care for Common Conditions 
  Birkmeyer JDEditors: JE Wennberg, MM Cooper.American Hospital Publishing, Inc, Chicago1999
• Practical vascular surgery 
  Chapter: Surgery for asymptomatic carotid artery disease: Is it cost-effective? 
  Page 161.0 - 170.0Cronenwett JL, Birkmeyer JDEditors: Yao JST, Pearce WH.Appleton and Lange Publishing1998
• 1998 Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care 
  Chapter: Surgical treatment of common conditions 
  Birkmeyer JDEditors: JE Wennberg, MM Cooper.American Hospital Publishing, Inc, Chicago1998
• Issues in Autologous and Directed Donations 
  Chapter: Cost-effectiveness of Preoperative Autologous Donation 
  Birkmeyer JDEditors: F Axelrod,JP AuBuchon.American Association of Blood Banks, Bethesda1993
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Other

• Assessing the value of surgical care 
  Dimick JB, Birkmeyer JD, Value in Health Care: Accounting for Cost, Quality, Safety, Outcomes and Innovation, Institute of M
  1/1/2009
• Performance measurement in health care: Current status and opportunities for improvement 
  Birkmeyer JD, Kerr EM, Dimick JB, Commissioned background paper for the Institute of Medicine report on pay for performance
  1/1/2005
• Potential benefits of universal adoption of the 2003 Leapfrog safety standards 
  Birkmeyer JD, Dimick JP, The Leapfrog Group
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2004
• Policy implications of public reporting of hospital volume with selected procedures and recommendations 
  Birkmeyer JD, Finlayson EVA, Goodney PP, Siewers AS, Stukel TA, Lucas FL, Wennberg DE, White paper for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  1/1/2002
• Economic implications of the Leapfrog safety standards 
  Birkmeyer JD, Birkmeyer CM, Skinner J, The Leapfrog Group
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2001
• Leapfrog safety standards: potential benefits of universal adoption 
  Birkmeyer JD, Birkmeyer CM, Wennberg, DE, Young MP, The Leapfrog Group
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2000
• Why Health Care Mergers Can Be Good For Patients 
  Birkmeyer JD, Harvard Business Review, Digital Article
  1/30/2015
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