Bernard Friedman

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Bernard Friedman is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Friedman has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 48 papers in General Health Professions and 9 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Bernard Friedman's work include Healthcare Policy and Management (63 papers), Global Health Care Issues (32 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (21 papers). Bernard Friedman is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Policy and Management (63 papers), Global Health Care Issues (32 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (21 papers). Bernard Friedman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and China. Bernard Friedman's co-authors include A. Hald, Jayasree Basu, Hui Jiang, Roxanne M Andrews, Anne Elixhauser, Daniel Stryer, Claudia Steiner, Helen Burstin, Martin Feldstein and Stephen M. Shortell and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, JAMA and Academy of Management Review.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Friedman

98 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernard Friedman United States	30	1.3k	1.2k	444	353	318	106	4.0k
Ariel Linden United States	31	941 0.7×	895 0.7×	520 1.2×	153 0.4×	168 0.5×	104	3.7k
Andrew Stevens United Kingdom	38	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	379 0.9×	267 0.8×	822 2.6×	175	5.3k
Dennis G. Fryback United States	43	2.4k 1.8×	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 2.5×	228 0.6×	547 1.7×	110	9.5k
Simon Dixon United Kingdom	37	1.0k 0.8×	857 0.7×	721 1.6×	472 1.3×	142 0.4×	153	4.6k
John Cairns United Kingdom	39	2.0k 1.5×	1.5k 1.2×	583 1.3×	345 1.0×	213 0.7×	202	6.2k
Jean L. Freeman United States	47	1.8k 1.4×	1.5k 1.2×	917 2.1×	527 1.5×	501 1.6×	116	8.9k
Steven Woloshin United States	52	1.6k 1.2×	2.4k 1.9×	901 2.0×	252 0.7×	581 1.8×	145	9.9k
Alan M. Garber United States	45	2.3k 1.8×	1.5k 1.2×	673 1.5×	250 0.7×	1.1k 3.5×	171	6.8k
Jonathan Karnon Australia	37	2.3k 1.7×	1.6k 1.3×	899 2.0×	230 0.7×	597 1.9×	288	7.1k
Yen‐Fu Chen Taiwan	42	452 0.3×	536 0.4×	732 1.6×	347 1.0×	467 1.5×	220	6.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Bernard Friedman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernard Friedman

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All Works

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Smith, Mark W., Bernard Friedman, Zeynal Karaca, & Herbert S. Wong. (2015). Predicting inpatient hospital payments in the United States: a retrospective analysis. BMC Health Services Research. 15(1). 372–372. 31 indexed citations

Henke, Rachel Mosher, Lauren M Wier, William D. Marder, Bernard Friedman, & Herbert S. Wong. (2014). Geographic variation in cesarean delivery in the United States by payer. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 14(1). 387–387. 30 indexed citations

Steiner, Claudia & Bernard Friedman. (2013). Hospital Utilization, Costs, and Mortality for Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2009. Preventing Chronic Disease. 10. E62–E62. 88 indexed citations

Jiang, Hui, et al.. (2013). Hospital cost and quality performance in relation to market forces: an examination of U.S. community hospitals in the “post-managed care era”. International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics. 13(1). 53–71. 10 indexed citations

Barbash, Gabriel I., Bernard Friedman, Sherry Glied, & Claudia Steiner. (2013). Factors Associated With Adoption of Robotic Surgical Technology in US Hospitals and Relationship to Radical Prostatectomy Procedure Volume. Annals of Surgery. 259(1). 1–6. 57 indexed citations

Friedman, Bernard, et al.. (2012). Likelihood of Hospital Readmission after First Discharge: Medicare Advantage vs. Fee-for-Service Patients. INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing. 49(3). 202–213. 13 indexed citations

Elixhauser, Anne, Bernard Friedman, & Elizabeth Stranges. (2011). Septicemia in U.S. Hospitals, 2009. 31(107). 369–375. 12 indexed citations

Friedman, Bernard, William Encinosa, Hui Jiang, & Ryan Mutter. (2009). Do Patient Safety Events Increase Readmissions?. Medical Care. 47(5). 583–590. 36 indexed citations

Zhan, Chunliu, Anne Elixhauser, Bernard Friedman, Robert L. Houchens, & Yen-Pin Chiang. (2007). Modifying DRG-PPS to Include Only Diagnoses Present on Admission. Medical Care. 45(4). 288–291. 28 indexed citations

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Basu, Jayasree & Bernard Friedman. (2006). A re‐examination of distance as a proxy for severity of illness and the implications for differences in utilization by race/ethnicity. Health Economics. 16(7). 687–701. 25 indexed citations

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Basu, Jayasree, Bernard Friedman, & Helen Burstin. (2004). Managed Care and Preventable Hospitalization among Medicaid Adults. Health Services Research. 39(3). 489–510. 53 indexed citations

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Friedman, Bernard, et al.. (2004). New Evidence on Hospital Profitability by Payer Group and the Effects of Payer Generosity. International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics. 4(3). 231–246. 25 indexed citations

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Friedman, Bernard, Kelly J. Devers, Claudia Steiner, & Stephen B. Fox. (2002). The Use of Expensive Health Technologies in the Era of Managed Care: The Remarkable Case of Neonatal Intensive Care. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law. 27(3). 441–464. 19 indexed citations

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Basu, Jayasree & Bernard Friedman. (2001). Preventable illness and out-of-area travel of children in New York counties. Health Economics. 10(1). 67–78. 24 indexed citations

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Friedman, Bernard & C Steiner. (1999). Does managed care affect the supply and use of ICU services?. PubMed. 36(1). 68–77. 8 indexed citations

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Friedman, Bernard & Anne Elixhauser. (1993). Increased Use of an Expensive, Elective Procedure: Total Hip Replacements in the 1980s. Medical Care. 31(7). 581–599. 30 indexed citations

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Friedman, Bernard, et al.. (1989). Geographic differences in the use of veterans administration hospitals. Social Science & Medicine. 28(4). 347–354. 16 indexed citations

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Friedman, Bernard & Mark V. Pauly. (1983). A new approach to hospital cost functions and some issues in revenue regulation.. PubMed Central. 4(3). 105–14. 39 indexed citations

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Feldstein, Martin & Bernard Friedman. (1976). The Effect of National Health Insurance on the Price and Quantity of Medical Care. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 505–541. 2 indexed citations

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Friedman, Bernard & Ivan Niven. (1959). The Average First Recurrence Time. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 92(1). 25–25. 3 indexed citations

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