H GILBERT WELCH

Biographic Data

ID5537337
NAMEH GILBERT WELCH
GIVEN NAMESH GILBERT
FAMILY NAMEWELCH
SIGNATUREWELCH H G
AFFILIATIONSWhite River Junction VA Medical Center
ORCID0000-0002-3448-1207
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1989
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
H-INDEX1

  • Hospital Volume and Surgical Mortality in the United States

    John D Birkmeyer, Andrea E Siewers et al.ARTICLENew England Journal of Medicine2002

    BACKGROUND: Although numerous studies suggest that there is an inverse relation between hospital volume of surgical procedures and surgical mortality, the relative importance of hospital volume in various surgical procedures is disputed. METHODS: Using information from the national Medicare claims data base and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, we examined the mortality associated with six different types of cardiovascular procedures and eight typ…

  • The Role of Numeracy in Understanding the Benefit of Screening Mammography

    Open AccessLisa M Schwartz, Steven Woloshin et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Internal Medicine1997

    BACKGROUND: Quantitative information about risks and benefits may be meaningful only to patients who have some facility with basic probability and numerical concepts, a construct called numeracy. OBJECTIVE: To assess the relation between numeracy and the ability to make use of typical risk reduction expressions about the benefit of screening mammography. DESIGN: Randomized, cross-sectional survey. SETTING: A simple random sample of 500 female vet…

  • The Impact of Practicing in Multiple Hospitals on Physician Profiles

    Mark E Miller, W Pete Welch et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1996References: 10

    Although physicians are all too familiar with the psychologic impact of having multiple responsibilities, the associated impact on practice styles has not been examined systematically. To provide some data on the effects of "work dispersion," we examined the hypothesis that the inpatient resource use of physicians would rise with the number of hospitals in which they work. Data for 1991 from Medicare's National Claims History File were used to pr…

  • Who is Responsible for Care Given During the Inpatient Stay: A Preliminary Examination of Attending and Procedure Physicians in Medicare??s New Data System

    H GILBERT WELCH, Ellen T Englert et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1995

    Welch, H Gilbert MD, MPH; Englert, Ellen T. BA; Whitman, Doug MBA; Miller, Mark E. PhD Author Information

  • Readmission after surgery in Washington State rural hospitals

    H GILBERT WELCH, Eric H Larson et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1992Cited by: 5References: 8

    BACKGROUND. Because of concern about the quality of care in rural hospitals, we examined readmission following four surgical procedures commonly performed in Washington State rural hospitals: appendectomy, cesarean section, cholecystectomy, and transurethral prostatectomy. METHODS. In a retrospective cohort study, we identified all patients discharged after receiving one of the foregoing procedures using the statewide hospital discharge database.…

  • Patients Requiring at Least Five Admissions in 1 Year: Data from Washington State

    Holmes Welch, H GILBERT WELCH et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1991

    From the Departments of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, and the White River Junction VA, White River Jct., VT. †From the Department of Geography at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  • Rapid Estimation of Hospital Charges in Patients with Leukemia: Validation of a Multivariate Prediction Model

    Holmes Welch, H GILBERT WELCH et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1989

    From the Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington †From the Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington